Honi language
# Honi language

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 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.

## Phonology

### Consonants

Consonants of the Mojiang dialect :

| | | Labial | Alveolar | Alveolar | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Labial | plain | sibilant | Post- alveolar | Palatal | Velar |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | | | ȵ | ŋ |
| Plosive/ Affricate | unaspirated | p | t | ts | tʃ | tɕ | k |
| Plosive/ Affricate | aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | tsʰ | tʃʰ | tɕʰ | kʰ |
| Continuant | voiceless | f | l̥ | s | ʃ | ɕ | x |
| Continuant | voiced | v | l | z | ʒ | | ɣ |
| Semivowel | Semivowel | w | | | | j | |

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

### Vowels

Vowels of the Mojiang dialect :

| | Front | Front | Central | Back | Back |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| High | i | i | | ɯ | u |
| High-mid | | | | ɤ | o |
| Low-mid | ɛ | ɛ | | ɔ | ɔ |
| Low | æ | æ | a | | |
| Syllabic | v̩ | ɹ̩ | | | |

In the Mojiang dialect, vowel length is distinctive among vowels /iː ɛː/ and syllabic vowels /v̩ː ɹ̩ː/.

| | | Front | Front | Back |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphthong | Close | iu | iu | ui |
| Diphthong | Mid | io | iɔ | uɛ |
| Diphthong | Open | ia | ia | ua |
| Nasal | Close | ĩ | ĩ | |
| Nasal | Mid | ɛ̃ | õ | |
| Nasal | Open | ã | ã | |
| Nasal Diphthong | Mid | ĩɛ̃ | ĩõ | ũɛ̃ |
| Nasal Diphthong | Open | ĩã | ĩã | ũã |
