Putian dialect

Putian
Pó-chéng-uā / 莆田話
Pronunciation[pʰɔu˩˩ lɛŋ˩˧ ua˩˩]
Native toSouthern China
RegionPutian, Fujian
Early forms
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologputi1238
Linguasphere79-AAA-idb
Putian dialect
Traditional Chinese莆田話
Simplified Chinese莆田话
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinPútiánhuà
Pu-Xian Min
Hinghwa BUCPó-chéng-uā
([pʰɔu˩˩ lɛŋ˩˧ ua˩˩])

The Putian dialect (Pu–Xian Min: Pó-chéng-uā / 莆田話; [pʰɔu˩˩ lɛŋ˩˧ ua˩˩]) is a dialect of Pu–Xian Min Chinese spoken in urban area of Putian, which is a prefecture-level city in the southeast coast of Fujian province.