Alternate Names: Henghua, Hinghua, Hsienyu, Hsinghua, Putian, Putten, Xianyou, Xinghua
Dialects: A member of macrolanguage Chinese ,.
Status Notes: Language of recognized nationality: Han.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,520,000 in China (2000). Population total all countries: 2,558,800.
Language Use: All ages. 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. Poetry. Bible: 1912.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: China