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

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. 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

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. Honi itself is divided into two distinct dialects, Baihong and Haoni, which may be separate languages.

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

In the Mojiang dialect, vowel length is distinctive among vowels // and syllabic vowels //.

References

*Wang Hongxiao [王红晓]; Zhao Dewen ��德文 2017. ''Zhongguo Mojiang Hanizu Haoniren wenhua shilu'' ��国墨江哈尼族豪尼人文化实录 Kunming: Yunnan People's Press ��南人民出版社 Southern Loloish languages Languages of Yunnan {{st-lang-stub