Hani | |
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Native to | Southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Burma |
Ethnicity | Hani |
Native speakers
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140,000 (2007) |
Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
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Glottolog | honi1244 |
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.