Puxian dialect
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莆仙語/莆仙話/興化話 Pó-sing-gṳ̂/Pó-sing-uā/Hing-hua̍-uā |
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| Native to | China, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan (Wuqiu), United States (California) |
| Region | Fujian (Putian, Xianyou; part of Fuzhou and Quanzhou) |
| Ethnicity | Putianese (Han Chinese) |
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Native speakers
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2.6 million (2000) |
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Sino-Tibetan
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Chinese characters Hinghwa Romanized(báⁿ-uā-ci̍) |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | puxi1243 |
Pu-Xian Min
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Puxian (Hinghwa Romanized: Pó-sing-gṳ̂/莆仙語; simplified Chinese: 莆仙话; traditional Chinese: 莆仙話; pinyin: Púxiān huà), also known as Pu-Xian Chinese, Puxian Min, Xinghua or Hinghwa (Hing-hua̍-gṳ̂/興化語; simplified Chinese: 兴化语; traditional Chinese: 興化語; pinyin: Xīnghuà yǔ), is a branch of Min Chinese.
Puxian is spoken mostly in Fujian province, particularly in Putian city and Xianyou County (after which it is named), parts of Fuzhou, and parts of Quanzhou. It is also widely used as the mother tongue in Wuqiu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. More than 2000 people in Shacheng, Fuding in northern Fujian also speak Puxian. There are minor differences between the dialects of Putian and Xianyou.
Overseas populations of Puxian speakers exist in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Speakers of Puxian are also known as Henghua, Hinghua, or Xinghua.
Before the year 979 AD, the Puxian region was part of Quanzhou county and people there spoke a form of Southern Min. due to its origin in the past.
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