| Habei | |
|---|---|
| Native to | China |
| Region | Yunnan |
| Ethnicity | Hani |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | None |
Habei (Chinese:哈备; also known asMani 玛尼[1]) is aSouthernLoloish language ofYunnan,China. Hsiu (2018)[2] suggests that Habei belongs to theBisoid branch.
Habei is spoken in only one village, namely Habei village 哈备村,[3] Zhemi Township 者米乡,Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, Yunnan (Jinping County Ethnic Gazetteer 2013:89, 101).[4] The Habei people refer to their village asKuang An (况安), meaning 'old village' (<kuang 'village' +an 'old').[5]
The Habei still preserve traditional animist rituals.[1]
The Habei language has been documented by Yan (1995) and He & Liu (2011).
Autonyms andexonyms for the Habei are as follows (Yan 1995:60).
Habei has 32onsets and 62rimes (Yan 1995:67). Theconsonant inventory is similar to that of standardHani ofLüchun County, but also has /f/ and /v/, which Lüchun Hani does not have. Final consonants are -p, -t, -k, -m, -n, and -ŋ.
There are 6 tones. In songs, only 4 tones are recognizable (Yan 1995:67).
The following Habei phrase examples are from Yan (1995:69-70). Adjectives followhead nouns.
kʰɤ tɕʰɔ33
shoe
ŋa24
five
tɕuŋ55
pair
{kʰɤ tɕʰɔ33} ŋa24 tɕuŋ55
shoe five pair
Five pairs of shoes
The following Habei sentence examples are from Yan (1995:68-69). Habei hasSOV word order.
ŋa33
ja33pjɔ55
children
sum55
three
jo33
tɕa55
have
ŋa33 ja33pjɔ55 sum55 jo33 tɕa55
1SG children three CL have
I have three children.
na33
jɔ55ka55
household
tɕʰa55
people
xa33lo323
how.many
lo33
tɕa55
have
na33 jɔ55ka55 tɕʰa55 xa33lo323 lo33 tɕa55
2SG household people how.many CL have
How many people does your household have?
ve323
pig
le33
and
ɣa33
chicken
lɔ323
both
dʑɛ323za323a55
livestock
bɤ33
ve323 le33 ɣa33 lɔ323 dʑɛ323za323a55 bɤ33
pig and chicken both livestock PRT
Pigs and chickens are both domestic livestock.
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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