- 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=hniThe 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), andVietnam by theHani people . In China,Akha and other related languages are considered dialects of Hani.Phonology
Hani has three main tones and two types of short
vowel s.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
dialect s: 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 aromanization of the Haya dialect ofLuchun in theHonghe 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 andIu Mien language s, it uses finalconsonant letters to designate tone.ample Text
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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