Pu-xian
Pu-Xian (莆 仙 話 / 莆 仙 话) | ||
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Spoken in |
People's Republic of China | |
speaker | 2.5 million | |
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Official status | ||
Official language in | - | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639 -1 |
zh (Chinese languages) |
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ISO 639 -2 | ( B ) chi (Chinese languages) | ( T ) zho (Chinese languages) |
ISO 639-3 |
mpx, zho (macro language, Chinese languages) |
Pu-Xian or Puxian ( Chinese 莆 仙 話 / 莆 仙 话 , Pinyin Púxiān huà ) is (depending on the definition) a Chinese language or a dialect that belongs to the Min languages . It was named after Putian and Xianyou in Fujian Province , where it is spoken by 2.5 million people.
Individual evidence
- ^ Chinese, Pu-Xian. Ethnologue, accessed on November 23, 2017 .