莆田方言又称莆仙话、兴化方言,是由古汉语演化而来,具有中原汉语的许多特征,留存了古汉语江东吴语和南楚方言的痕迹。从构词上看,与北方方言相比,莆田方言在亲属称谓的背称使用上,几乎没有“XX他X”的说法;从面称、背称上来看,大部分背称与面称相同。与北京话相比,总体上说,莆仙方言的亲属称谓更为单一,大多数是“阿 Putian dialect, also known as Pu Xian dialect, Xinghua dialect, is evolved from the ancient Chinese, with many of the characteristics of the Central Plains Chinese, retained the ancient Chinese Jiangnan Wu dialects and South Chu traces. From the point of view of word formation, compared with the northern dialects, the dialect of Putian has almost no ”XX He X“ argument on the use of the kinship terms; from the surface, The same. Compared with Beijing dialect, on the whole, relatives of Puxian dialect are more single, mostly ”A