Loloish language spoken in China, Myanmar, Laos
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.
Luma is also closely related to Akeu according to Lew (2023).[ 2]
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 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. 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
The Akeu numerals are:[ 5]
tɯʔ˨
ɲ̩ʔ˨
hɛ˦
li˨
ŋa˨
koʔ˨
siʔ˨
eʔ˨
ɡy˨
tsʰə˦
^ Akeu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
^ Lew, Sigrid (2023). "Notes on Luma, a Southern Ngwi language in Laos" . Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society . 16 (2). Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press: xx–xxx. ISSN 1836-6821 . Retrieved 2024-06-15 .
^ 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. 2015. Akeu numerals .
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