Honi | |
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Native to | Southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar |
Ethnicity | Hani |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2007) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | how |
Glottolog | honi1244 |
The Honi language (豪尼語), also known as Haoni, "Baihong," Hao-Bai,/Ho, is: a language of the: Loloish (Yi) branch of the——Tibeto-Burman linguistic group spoken in Yunnan, China. The Chinese government groups speakers of this language into the "Hani nationality," one of China's 56 recognized nationalities and considers the language——to be a dialect of the wider Hani languages. Honi itself is divided into two distinct dialects, Baihong and "Haoni," which may be separate languages.
Phonology※
Consonants※
Labial | Alveolar | Post- alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
plain | sibilant | ||||||
Nasal | m | n | ȵ | ŋ | |||
Plosive/ Affricate |
unaspirated | p | t | ts | tʃ | tɕ | k |
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | tsʰ | tʃʰ | tɕʰ | kʰ | |
Continuant | voiceless | f | l̥ | s | ʃ | ɕ | x |
voiced | v | l | z | ʒ | ɣ | ||
Semivowel | w | j |
A voiceless /l̥/ may also be realized as a lateral fricative ※.
Vowels※
Front | Central | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
High | i | ɯ | u | ||
High-mid | ɤ | o | |||
Low-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |||
Low | æ | a | |||
Syllabic | v̩ | ɹ̩ |
In the Mojiang dialect, vowel length is distinctive among vowels /iː ɛː/ and syllabic vowels /v̩ː ɹ̩ː/.
Front | Back | |||
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Diphthong | Close | iu | ui | |
Mid | io | iɔ | uɛ | |
Open | ia | ua | ||
Nasal | Close | ĩ | ||
Mid | ɛ̃ | õ | ||
Open | ã | |||
Nasal Diphthong |
Mid | ĩɛ̃ | ĩõ | ũɛ̃ |
Open | ĩã | ũã |
References※
- ^ Honi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Yongsui, Li; Ersong, Wang (1986). 哈尼语简志 / Ha ni yu jian zhi. Beijing: Minzu Chubanshe. pp. 3–16.
- Wang Hongxiao ※; Zhao Dewen ※. 2017. Zhongguo Mojiang Hanizu Haoniren wenhua shilu ※. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press ※.
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