Saturday, October 4, 2008

Puxian Min

Puxian 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 and Xianyou County . More than 2000 people in Shacheng, Fuding in northern Fujian also speak Puxian. Overseas populations of Puxian speakers exist in Malaysia and Singapore. Speakers of Puxian are also known as Henghua , Hinghua, or Xinghua.

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

Puxian have 40 finals and 7 .

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