Traditionally, budaixi used a combination of Beijing and Taiwan dialects, with each role having its specific linguistic form, some using vernacular, some using classical Chinese. But in his voicings Wen-cheh creates a language mode for each role.
傳統的布袋戲口白講的是半國語半台語的京白，一定的角色有一定的模式。然而黃文擇在口白上則是配合角色有文有白。