Akeu language

Akeu
	Ake
Native to	China, Burma, Laos
Native speakers	ca. 14,000 (1996–2007)[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Lolo–Burmese Loloish Southern Loloish Hanoid?; Siloid? Akeu; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	aeu
Glottolog	akeu1235 Akeu[2]

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.

Distribution

Akeu (Ake 阿克; autonym: Gouke 勾克) is spoken in the following locations of Yunnan (You 2013:172).^[3] The Akeu migrated from Mojiang County to the Sipsongpanna area 8 generations ago (about 300 years ago).

Ganlanba 橄榄坝, Menghan District 勐罕区, Jinghong City
Menglong District 勐竜区, Jinghong City
Sanda Township 三达乡, Jinghong City
Menghai County 勐海县, Yiwu County 易武县

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).^[4]

Gloss	Kyaingtong Akeu	Menglun Akeu
tea	lɔ⁵⁵bo²¹	lɔ⁵⁵bɔ²¹
pig	wa̱²¹	wa̱²¹
bird	kɛ²¹a²¹	kja̱²¹
salt	tsa̱²¹dɤ̱²¹	tsa̱²¹dɤ̱²¹
buffalo	u³³na⁵⁵	mo²¹na³³
four	li²¹	li²¹
to fly	bɛ³³	bɛ³³

Vocabulary

The Akeu numerals are:^[5]

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

References

↑ Akeu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Akeu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑ 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].
↑ Hayashi, Norihiko. 2015. Two Akeu Dialects in Myanmar and China. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
↑ Kosonen, Tuula. Akeu numerals.

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[e18-1] Akeu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Akeu". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

[You2013-3] 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].

[4] Hayashi, Norihiko. 2015. Two Akeu Dialects in Myanmar and China. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

[5] Kosonen, Tuula. Akeu numerals.