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Pu-Xian/Xinghua
莆仙話/興化話
Spoken in: China, Malaysia, Singapore, United States (California
Region: Fujian (Putian, Fuzhou, Quanzhou)
Total speakers: 2.6 million
Language family: Sino-Tibetan
 Chinese
  Min
   Pu-Xian/Xinghua 
Writing system: Chinese characters 
Official status
Official language in: none
Regulated by: No official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: None
ISO 639-2:
ISO 639-3: cpx

Puxian (Simplified Chinese: 莆仙话 ; Traditional Chinese : 莆仙話 ; Hanyu pinyin : Púxiān huà), also known as Xinghua is a subcategory of Min Chinese.

It is spoken mostly in Fujian province, in Putian, parts of Fuzhou, and parts of Quanzhou. Puxian is a word conbine two place names of Putian City (莆田市) and Xianyou County (仙游县). More than 2000 people in Shacheng, Fuding (福鼎) in northern Fujian also speak Puxian. Overseas populations of Puxian speakers exist in Malaysia and Singapore. Speakers of Puxian are also known as Henghua (Simplified Chinese : 兴化 ; Traditional Chinese : 興化 ; Hanyu pinyin : Xīnghuà), Hinghua, or Xinghua.

Puxian have 15 consonants, including zero onset, the same as most of other Min directs. Puxian have lateral fricative ɬ instead of s in other Min dialects.

Puxian have 40 finals and 7 tones.

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