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Honi language

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Hani
Native toSouthern China, Vietnam, Laos, Burma
EthnicityHani
Native speakers
140,000 (2007)[1]
Dialects
Language codes
ISO 639-3how
Glottologhoni1244

The Honi language, 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.

References

  1. ^ Hani at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)