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Akeu is a Loloish language mainly spoken in Jinghong and Mengla County, China, with smaller populations of speakers in Burma, Laos, and Thailand. Gokhy may be related.

Akeu
Ake
Native toChina, Burma, Laos
Native speakers
(ca. 14,000 cited 1996–2007)[1]
Language family
Sino-Tibetan
  • (Tibeto-Burman)
    • Lolo–Burmese
      • Loloish
        • Southern Loloish
Language codes
ISO 639-3aeu
Glottologakeu1235  Akeu
ELPAkeu

Distribution


Akeu (Ake 阿克; autonym: Gouke 勾克) is spoken in the following locations of Yunnan (You 2013:172).[2] The Akeu migrated from Mojiang County to the Xishuangbanna (西双版纳, Sipsongpanna) area 8 generations ago (about 300 years ago).


Dialects


The Akeu dialects of Kyaingtong, Myanmar and Menglun 勐仑镇, Mengla County, China are similar. The following words from these two Akeu dialects are from Hayashi (2015).[3]

GlossKyaingtong AkeuMenglun Akeu
tealɔ⁵⁵bo²¹lɔ⁵⁵bɔ²¹
pigwa̱²¹wa̱²¹
birdkɛ²¹a²¹kja̱²¹
salttsa̱²¹dɤ̱²¹tsa̱²¹dɤ̱²¹
buffalou³³na⁵⁵mo²¹na³³
fourli²¹li²¹
to flybɛ³³bɛ³³

Vocabulary


The Akeu numerals are:[4]

  1. tɯʔ˨
  2. ɲ̩ʔ˨
  3. hɛ˦
  4. li˨
  5. ŋa˨
  6. koʔ˨
  7. siʔ˨
  8. eʔ˨
  9. ɡy˨
  10. tsʰə˦

References


  1. Akeu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. You Weiqiong [尤伟琼]. 2013. Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan [云南民族识别研究]. Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House [民族出版社].
  3. Hayashi, Norihiko. 2015. Two Akeu Dialects in Myanmar and China. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
  4. Kosonen, Tuula. 2015. Akeu numerals.



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