CPX ISO 639-3
Chinese, Pu-Xian
A language of China
- ISO 639
- cpx
- Alternate Names
- Heng, Henghua, Hing, Hinghua, Hsien, Hsienyu, Hsing, Hsinghua, Putian, Putten, Xianyou, Xing, Xinghua
- Population
- 3,140,000 in China (2019). Total users in all countries: 3,191,700.
- Location:
- Fujian province: Putian and Xianyou counties.
- 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.
Also Spoken in
- Location
- Selangor.
- Dialects
- Xinghua (Hinghua, Hsinghua).
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Malaysia
Language Name
Chinese, Pu-Xian
User Population
24,700 in Malaysia (Salleh 2006). Ethnic population: 24,700 (2000 census). In Peninsular Malaysia.
- Location
- Scattered.
- Dialects
- Henghua (Hinghua, Xinghua).
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing)
- Other Comments
- Non-indigenous. View other languages of Singapore
Language Name
Chinese, Pu-Xian
User Population
27,000 in Singapore (2018 J. Leclerc). Ethnic population: 25,600 (2010 census).
Map
Location: Fujian province: Putian and Xianyou counties.
Size and Vitality
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