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Honi language

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Ethnicity
  
Hani

Dialects
  
Baihong Haoni

Native speakers
  
140,000 (2007)

ISO 639-3
  
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Native to
  
Southern China, Vietnam, Laos, Burma

Language family
  
Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Hanoish Hanoid Hani

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

Honi language Wikipedia