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Woni (Chinese: 窝尼; autonym: hɑ31 ɲi33) is a Southern Loloish language spoken in Zhenyuan Yi, Hani and Lahu Autonomous County and Xinping Yi and Dai Autonomous County of Yunnan, China. The most extensive description of Woni to date is that of Yang (2016).

There are 5,406 speakers of Woni in south-central Yunnan, China. Yang (2016) covers the Woni dialect of Leda village (勒达村), Xinping County. Gao (1955) covers the dialect of Yangwu Town (扬武镇), Xinping County.

Yang (2016, 2021) classifies Woni as a Hao-Bai (Haoni-Baihong) language.

Woni speakers are located in the following villages (Yang 2016:1-2).

A similar language variety is spoken in Tonghai County, in (Tonghai County Gazetteer 1992:611-612):

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