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Hani languages

Eurasian Language Families

The Hani languages are a group of closely related but distinct languages of the Loloish (Yi) branch of the Tibeto-Burman linguistic group. They are also referred to as the Hanoid languages by Lama (2012) and as the Akoid languages by Bradley (2007).

Facts
Region
China, Laos, Burma (Myanmar), Vietnam 1
Speaker Count
1,500,000 1
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
Sources
1. Hani languages - Wikipedia
  • Lead section, distribution
    Approximately 1.5 million people speak these languages, mainly in China, Laos, Burma (Myanmar), and Vietnam; more than 90% of the speakers of these languages live in China.
  • Speakers section, Ethnologue 2007 figure
    In 2007, according to Ethnologue, there were almost 1.5 million speakers of all Hani varieties.
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Wikidata: Hani languages
Wikidata Q17004185, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
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