Akeu is a
Loloish language
The Loloish languages, also known as Yi in China and occasionally Ngwi or Nisoic, are a family of fifty to a hundred Sino-Tibetan languages spoken primarily in the Yunnan province of China. They are most closely related to Burmese and its relat ...
mainly spoken in
Jinghong
Jinghong (; khb, ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦᩁᩩ᩵ᨦ; th, เชียงรุ่ง, , ; lo, ຊຽງຮຸ່ງ; also formerly romanised as ''Chiang Hung'', ''Chengrung'', ''Cheng Hung'', Jeng Hung, ''Jinghung'', ''Keng Hung'', ''Kiang Hung'' and ' ...
and
Mengla County
Mengla County (; Tai Lue: , ''Mueang La''; lo, ເມືອງລ້າ; th, เมืองล้า) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in far southern Yunnan province, China. ''Meng'' is a vari ...
, China, with smaller populations of speakers in Burma, Laos, and Thailand.
Gokhy may be related.
Distribution
Akeu (Ake 阿克; autonym: Gouke 勾克) is spoken in the following locations of Yunnan (You 2013:172).
[You Weiqiong 伟琼 2013. ''Classifying ethnic groups of Yunnan'' 南民族识别研究 Beijing: Ethnic Publishing House 族出版社] The Akeu migrated from Mojiang County to the Xishuangbanna (西双版纳, Sipsongpanna) area 8 generations ago (about 300 years ago).
*Ganlanba 橄榄坝, Menghan Township 勐罕镇, Jinghong City 景洪市;
*Menglong Township 勐龙镇, Jinghong City 景洪市;
*Sanda Mountain 三达山, Jinghong City 景洪市;
*Menglun Township 勐仑镇, Mengla County 勐腊县;
*Yiwu District 易武乡, Mengla County 勐腊县.
Dialects
The Akeu dialects of
Kyaingtong
th , เชียงตุง
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, Myanmar and Menglun 勐仑镇,
Mengla County
Mengla County (; Tai Lue: , ''Mueang La''; lo, ເມືອງລ້າ; th, เมืองล้า) is a county under the jurisdiction of the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, in far southern Yunnan province, China. ''Meng'' is a vari ...
, China are similar. The following words from these two Akeu dialects are from Hayashi (2015).
Vocabulary
The Akeu numerals are:
[Kosonen, Tuula. 2015]
Akeu numerals
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References
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Southern Loloish languages
Languages of Myanmar
Languages of China
Languages of Laos