Hani language

Hani language

language
name=Hani
nativename="Haqniqdoq"
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
states=China, Vietnam, Laos, Burma
region=Far East
speakers=520,000
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Lolo-Burmese
fam4=Loloish
fam5=Southern Loloish
fam6=Akha
fam7=Hani
fam8=Ha-Ya
iso2=sit
iso3=hni

The Hani language (Hani: "Haqniqdoq"; zh-stp|s=哈尼语|t=哈尼語|p="Hāníyǔ"; _vi. Tiếng Hà Nhì) is a language of the Loloish (Yi) branch of the Tibeto-Burman linguistic group spoken in China, Laos, Burma (Myanmar), and Vietnam by the Hani people. In China, Akha and other related languages are considered dialects of Hani.

Phonology

Hani has three main tones and two types of short vowels.

peakers

The total number of speakers of Hani proper is over 500,000 in China with only around 20,000 in Vietnam and 1,000 in Phongsaly Province, Laos.

Dialects

Hani is divided into three dialects: Haya, Haohai, and Bika.

Writing systems

Oral tradition tells of an ancient written script for Hani but says it was lost when the Hani migrated from Sichuan. In China, Hani now uses a romanization of the Haya dialect of Luchun in the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture as a written script developed by Chinese authorities and promulgated in 1957. As with the Latin-based scripts of the Zhuang, Hmong and Iu Mien languages, it uses final consonant letters to designate tone.

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External links

*en icon [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=hni Ethnologue report for Hani]
*en icon [http://globalrecordings.net/language/4698 Hani language recordings] at [http://globalrecordings.net/ GlobalRecordings.net]
*ja icon [http://www013.upp.so-net.ne.jp/hani-akha/haniwa.htm Hani-Japanese wordlist] with comparison with related languages (in Japanese)


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