Akha (language)
| Akha ( ภาษา อา ข่า ) | ||
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Spoken in |
People's Republic of China , Burma , Thailand , Laos , Vietnam | |
| speaker | approx. 500,000 native speakers | |
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| Official status | ||
| Recognized minority / regional language in |
Thailand | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 | ||
Akha is the language of the Southeast Asian Akha ethnic group , whose members are in Burma (mainly in Shan State ), the People's Republic of China (in the southwest of Yunan ), Laos (Phongsali and Luang Namtha province ), Thailand ( Chiang Mai , Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son ) and live in the northwest of Vietnam ( Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces ). The language is considered a dialect of the Hani in China .
The Akha language is a tone language with three tones and has little or no affiliation . Questions are presented with a final question particle.