Toishanese, more often written Taishanese, is a Yue Chinese language from Taishan in Guangdong, related to Cantonese but not readily understood by Cantonese speakers. It travelled widely with emigration, and many older Chinese families in Britain trace their roots to the Taishan area. Because Taishanese is written in standard Chinese, document work, birth and marriage certificates, academic transcripts assessed by UK ENIC, business and legal papers, is handled in written Chinese, while the spoken language matters most for interpreting: NHS, community and court appointments where an older speaker is more at ease in Taishanese than in Cantonese or Mandarin. Around 1.3 million people trace their origins to Taishan.
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