Akeu | |
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Ake | |
Native to | China, Burma, Laos |
Native speakers | ca. 14,000 (1996–2007)[1] |
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.
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Distribution[edit]
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 Townshp 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[edit]
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 |
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tea | lɔ˥bo˨˩ | lɔ˥bɔ˨˩ |
pig | wa̠˨˩ | wa̠˨˩ |
bird | kɛ˨˩a˨˩ | kja̠˨˩ |
salt | tsa̠˨˩dɤ̠˨˩ | tsa̠˨˩dɤ̠˨˩ |
buffalo | u˧na˥ | mo˨˩na˧ |
four | li˨˩ | li˨˩ |
to fly | bɛ˧ | bɛ˧ |
Vocabulary[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ 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. 2015. Akeu numerals.