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Akha

Акха · Q417628

language area per Glottologcensus counts
90,698
Lao People's Democratic Republic, census 2005 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
Sino-Tibetan
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Lao People's Democratic Republic: 90,698 people in the 2005 census.

Main language: Akha. Glottolog classifies it in the Sino-Tibetan family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Lao People's Democratic Republic2005 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Akha» · [1]
90,698

Languages and their lineage

Akha

  1. Sino-Tibetansino1245
  2. Burmo-Qiangicburm1265
  3. Lolo-Burmeselolo1265
  4. Loloishlolo1267
  5. Hani-Jinohani1249
  6. Bisoid-Hanicbiso1244
  7. Hanichani1250
  8. Ha-Yahaya1251
  9. Akhaicakha1246
  10. Akhaakha1245

Lao

  1. Tai-Kadaitaik1256
  2. Kam-Taikamt1241
  3. Daic-Beicdaic1238
  4. Daicdaic1237
  5. Central-Southwestern Taicent2251
  6. Wenma-Southwestern Taiwenm1239
  7. Sapa-Southwestern Taisapa1255
  8. Southwestern Taisout3184
  9. Southwestern Thai PHsput1235
  10. Lao-Thailaot1235
  11. Laolaoo1244

Thai

  1. Tai-Kadaitaik1256
  2. Kam-Taikamt1241
  3. Daic-Beicdaic1238
  4. Daicdaic1237
  5. Central-Southwestern Taicent2251
  6. Wenma-Southwestern Taiwenm1239
  7. Sapa-Southwestern Taisapa1255
  8. Southwestern Taisout3184
  9. Southwestern Thai PHsput1235
  10. Lao-Thailaot1235
  11. Thaithai1261

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

Han ChineseHui peopleTujia peopleChinese peopleTibetansBai peopleTamang peopleHoa peopleRai peopleLahu peopleLimbu peopleQiangJingpo peopleSherpaDungansPumiNu peopleMang peopleBamar (Burmans)

Sources

  1. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Lao People's Democratic Republic, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  2. Hammarström H., Forkel R., Haspelmath M., Bank S. (2026). Glottolog 5.3. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. glottolog.org (CC BY 4.0)