Honi language

Honi
Honi
Native to	Southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar
Ethnicity	Hani
Native speakers	140,000 (2007)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Hanoid Honi; ; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Baihong; Haoni;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	how
Glottolog	honi1244

The Honi language (豪尼語), also known as Haoni, Baihong, Hao-Bai, or 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

Consonants of the Mojiang dialect
		Labial	Alveolar		Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
		Labial	plain	sibilant	Post- alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		m	n			ȵ	ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	unaspirated	p	t	ts	tʃ	tɕ	k
Plosive/ Affricate	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	tsʰ	tʃʰ	tɕʰ	kʰ
Continuant	voiceless	f	l̥	s	ʃ	ɕ	x
Continuant	voiced	v	l	z	ʒ		ɣ
Semivowel		w				j

A voiceless /l̥/ may also be realized as a lateral fricative [ɬ].

Vowels

Vowels of the Mojiang dialect
	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/.^[2]

		Front		Back
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
Nasal Diphthong	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 [王红晓]; Zhao Dewen [赵德文]. 2017. Zhongguo Mojiang Hanizu Haoniren wenhua shilu [中国墨江哈尼族豪尼人文化实录]. Kunming: Yunnan People's Press [云南人民出版社].

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[e18-1] Honi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Yongsui, Li; Ersong, Wang (1986). 哈尼语简志 / Ha ni yu jian zhi. Beijing: Minzu Chubanshe. pp. 3–16.

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