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Habei language
Habei (Chinese: 哈备; also known as Mani 玛尼[1]) is a Southern Loloish language of Yunnan, China. Hsiu (2018)[2] suggests that Habei belongs to the Bisoid branch. BackgroundHabei 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 as Kuang 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). NamesAutonyms and exonyms for the Habei are as follows (Yan 1995:60).
PhonologyHabei has 32 onsets and 62 rimes (Yan 1995:67). The consonant inventory is similar to that of standard Hani of Lüchun 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). Phrase examplesThe following Habei phrase examples are from Yan (1995:69-70). Adjectives follow head nouns. tɕen55 bowl ɲi323 two lum24 CL Two bowls ɣa33 chicken sum55 three na55 CL Three chickens kʰɤ tɕʰɔ33 shoe ŋa24 five tɕuŋ55 pair Five pairs of shoes na33 2SG ŋɤ33 POS tɕʰɛ323ma33 hoe Your hoe ja33tɕʰa323 friend ŋɤ33 POS a33xɤn33 sound Friend's voice Sentence examplesThe following Habei sentence examples are from Yan (1995:68-69). Habei has SOV word order. ŋa33 1SG xaŋ24 rice iaŋ24 eat I eat rice. na33 2SG ti33kʰa55 liquor taŋ55 drink You drink liquor. ŋa33 1SG ja33pjɔ55 children sum55 three jo33 CL tɕa55 have I have three children. na33 2SG jɔ55ka55 household tɕʰa55 people xa33lo323 how.many lo33 CL tɕa55 have How many people does your household have? ja33 3SG la55 come a323 NEG la55 come Is he coming? ve323 pig le33 and ɣa33 chicken lɔ323 both dʑɛ323za323a55 livestock bɤ33 PRT Pigs and chickens are both domestic livestock. References
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