Pu-xian

Pu-Xian (莆 仙 話 / 莆 仙 话)
Spoken in	People's Republic of China
speaker	2.5 million
Linguistic classification	Sino-Tibetan languages Chinese languages Min Pu-xian
Official status
Official language in	-
Language codes
ISO 639 -1	zh (Chinese languages)
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.

Dialects of Fujian Province

Individual evidence

1. ^ Chinese, Pu-Xian. Ethnologue, accessed on November 23, 2017 .