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Native Speakers Worldwide

~5,000

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Language Information By Source

East and Southeast Asia
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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

~5,000

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Ethnic Population

5,000

Non-monolingual speakers

5,000

More about speakers

Closely related to Akha, but not mutually intelligible.

Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

China, Burma, Thailand

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Location description

China: Jinghong and Menghai counties. Burma: eastern Shan State. Thailand: northern Chiangrai Province. Possibly also in Laos.

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Script (Writing system)

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Other writing systems

China: Jinghong and Menghai counties. Burma: eastern Shan State. Thailand: northern Chiangrai Province. Possibly also in Laos.

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Other languages used

Akha, Chinese, Thai

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Classified in China as part of the Hani Nationality, and as the Akha group in Burma and Thailand. All speakers also speak Akha, which is replacing Akeu in some places. They also know other dominant languages in the region where located.

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

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Coordinates

21.5833,101.0166

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  1. East and Southeast Asia
    Bradley, David. 2007. "East and Southeast Asia." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 349-424. London & New York: Routledge.
  2. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
    Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
    http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas
  3. ISO 639-3 Language Code Request For Akeu
    Eric C. Johnson. 2007. "ISO 639-3 Language Code Request For Akeu." http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2007-015_aeu.pdf
    http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/cr_files/2007-015_aeu.pdf