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Papua New Guinea

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Scripture Status

Chinese, Pu-Xian

  • Alternate names: Henghua, Hinghua, Hsienyu, Hsinghua, Putian, Putten, Xianyou, Xinghua
  • Scriptures published: Bible (1912) New Testament (1900) Portions (1892)
  • Literacy: Highly literate in Chinese, and they use that literature. Literacy rate in second language: 91% (Census 2000 for Han nationality)
  • Primary country: China
  • Region: East central Fujian Province, Putian and Xianyou counties
  • Also used in: Malaysia, Singapore
  • Religion: No information available.
  • Number of users: 2,558,800

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

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