Language name and locationː Taishanese, Guagdong, China [Refer to Ethnologue ]

语言名称和分布地区: 粤语台山话, 广东省台山、新会、开平、恩平及鹤山地区

1. zit⁵⁵  / it⁵⁵

21.  ᵑɡiap²² it⁵⁵  /ŋiap²² it⁵⁵

2. ᵑɡei³¹ / ŋi³¹

22.  ᵑɡiap²² ᵑɡei³¹

3. ɬam³³

23.  ᵑɡiap²² ɬam³³

4. ɬei³³

24.  ᵑɡiap²² ɬei³³

5. m̩⁵⁵ / ŋ̩⁵⁵

25.  ᵑɡiap²² m̩⁵⁵

6. løk²¹

26.  ᵑɡiap²² løk²¹

7. tʰit⁵⁵

27.  ᵑɡiap²² tʰit⁵⁵

8. pat³³

28.  ᵑɡiap²² pat³³

9. kiu⁵⁵

29.  ᵑɡiap²² kiu⁵⁵

10. sip²¹

30.  ɬam³³ sip²¹

11. sip²¹ it⁵⁵

40.  ɬei³³ sip²¹

12. sip²¹ ᵑɡei³¹

50.  m̩⁵⁵ sip²¹

13. sip²¹ ɬam³³

60.  løk²¹ sip²¹

14. sip²¹ ɬei³³

70.  tʰit⁵⁵ sip²¹

15. sip²¹ m̩¹³

80.  pat³³ sip²¹

16. sip²¹ løk²¹

90.  kiu⁵⁵ sip²¹

17. sip²¹ tʰit⁵⁵

100.  it⁵⁵ pak⁵⁵

18. sip²¹ pat³³

200. ᵑɡei³¹ pak⁵⁵

19. sip²¹ kiu⁵⁵

1000.  it⁵⁵ tʰen³³

20. ᵑɡei³¹ sip²¹

2000. ᵑɡei³¹ tʰen³³

Other comments: Taishanese is a language of Yue Chinese. The language is related to and is often referred to as Cantonese but has little mutual intelligibility with the latter. Taishanese is spoken throughout Sze Yup, especially Taishan located on the western fringe of the Pearl River Delta. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, a significant amount of Chinese emigration to North America originated from Siyi (Seiyap), the area where this variety is natively spoken; making Taishanese a dominant variety of the Chinese language spoken in Chinatowns in Canada and the United States. It was formerly the lingua franca of the overseas Chinese residing in the United States.

Taishan is not mutually intelligible with Cantonese, Taishan has  nine tones numerals, one less than Cantonese. Taishan is popular in the ethnic Chinese in the United States and Canada.