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).
Distribution Akeu (Ake 阿克; autonym: Gouke 勾克) is spoken in the following locations of Yunnan (You 2013:172).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]. 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, Myanmar and Menglun 勐仑镇, Mengla County, China are similar. The following words from these two Akeu dialects are from Hayashi (2015).Hayashi, Norihiko. 2015. Two Akeu Dialects in Myanmar and China. Paper presented at SEALS 25, Payap University, Chiang Mai, Thailand. 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:Kosonen, Tuula. 2015. Akeu numerals .
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