Chinese, Pu-Xian

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A language of China

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Heng, Henghua, Hing, Hinghua, Hsien, Hsienyu, Hsing, Hsinghua, Putian, Putten, Xianyou, Xing, Xinghua
User Population

3,140,000 in China (2019). Total users in all countries: 3,191,700.

Location

Fujian province: Putian and Xianyou counties.

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Language Status

5 (Developing). Language of recognized nationality: Han.

Classification
Sino-Tibetan, Chinese
Dialects

A member of macrolanguage Chinese [zho].

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Mandarin Chinese [cmn].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 91% (2000 census, Han nationality). Highly literate in Chinese, and they use that literature. Bible: 1912.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chinese, Pu-Xian
Writing

Latin script [Latn], used between 1890–1950, once used in a newspaper.

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