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 rel ...

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, 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, Myanmar and Menglun 勐仑镇, Mengla County, 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

{{authority control Southern Loloish languages Languages of Myanmar Languages of China Languages of Laos