Akha language

Akha language

language
name=Akha
nativename=
familycolor=Sino-Tibetan
states=Myanmar, China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
speakers=449,261
fam2=Tibeto-Burman
fam3=Lolo-Burmese
fam4=Loloish
fam5=Southern
fam6=Akha
fam7=Hani
fam8=Ha-Ya
nation=
iso1=|iso2=|iso3=ahk|

Akha is the language spoken by the Akha people. It is sometimes considered a dialect of the Hani language spoken in China, although most speakers live in eastern Myanmar.


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