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Hani

Haqniqdoq

Hani is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, Vietnam, and Laos, by about 740 thousand people.

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Hani · 22.7°N 102.9°E

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.

From Wikipedia · Hani language · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

MeaningWordRomanization
personchvo*
nameZumu*
eyemaci*
earnopv*
nosenomE*
toothoCu*
tongueolo*
handala*
bloodSi*
boneSoyi*
skinSochi*
kneephachi*
breastaCv*
liverochu*
watereelquvq
firemico*
sunnumo*
moonba'la
starpEku*
stoneLumo*
mountainkvCv*
treeoci*
leafphaLa*
nightoChi*
dogokhu*
fishNoSo*
louseSEfv*
onethi*
two5i*
INo*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

  • AkhaSino-Tibetan65% alike
  • LahuSino-Tibetan34% alike
  • BiyoSino-Tibetan30% alike
  • PhuzaSino-Tibetan29% alike
  • HoniSino-Tibetan28% alike
  • KaduoSino-Tibetan26% alike

Grammar

Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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