Hani
Haqniqdoq
Hani is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, Vietnam, and Laos, by about 740 thousand people.
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The Hani language (Hani: Haqniqdoq or xa31 ɲi31; simplified Chinese: 哈尼语; traditional Chinese: 哈尼語; pinyin: Hāníyǔ; Vietnamese: Tiếng Hà Nhì) is a language of the Loloish (Yi) branch of the Tibeto-Burman linguistic group spoken in China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam by the Hani people.
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Written down
Aqsol liq yoqdeivq yoqpyuq bo, meeqyaovq ssolnei colpyuq qiq kov dei. Davqtavcolssaq neenyuq bel neema meeq ya siq, laongaoq meilnaol nadul meil e gaq ssol hhyul hha bavqduv nia.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Hani
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | chvo* | |
| name | Zumu* | |
| eye | maci* | |
| ear | nopv* | |
| nose | nomE* | |
| tooth | oCu* | |
| tongue | olo* | |
| hand | ala* | |
| blood | Si* | |
| bone | Soyi* | |
| skin | Sochi* | |
| knee | phachi* | |
| breast | aCv* | |
| liver | ochu* | |
| water | eelquvq | |
| fire | mico* | |
| sun | numo* | |
| moon | ba'la | |
| star | pEku* | |
| stone | Lumo* | |
| mountain | kvCv* | |
| tree | oci* | |
| leaf | phaLa* | |
| night | oChi* | |
| dog | okhu* | |
| fish | NoSo* | |
| louse | SEfv* | |
| one | thi* | |
| two | 5i* | |
| I | No* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
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