Gokhy (Gɔkhý) is a
Southern Loloish language of the border region of
China,
Thailand, and
Myanmar. They are also referred to by other Akha groups as the Akhə Akha.[1] Speakers live mostly in China. It is closely related to
Akha, and that it is part of the Hanoid (
Southern Loloish) group of languages, but is uncertain of its classification within Hanoid.[1]
There is one Gɔ̀khý village in northern Thailand with about 100 people. The Gɔkhý had of Thailand migrated from near
Menghai,
Yunnan via Myanmar.
References
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abHansson, Inga-Lill (1997). YiMianyu yanjiu [Studies on Yi-Burmese Languages]. Chengdu: Sichuan Nationalities Publishing House. pp. 465–558.
Bibliography
Hansson, Inga-Lill. 1990. "Akhə Akha and Pahi Akha — two Little Known Burmese-Yipho Languages." In The master said, to study and--: to Soren Egerod on the occasion of his sixty-seventh birthday, edited by Birthe Arendrup et al.. 89-105. East Asian Institute, University of Copenhagen.
Hansson, Inga-Lill. 1992. A Comparison of Gɔkhy and Akha. In Dai, Qingxia and Shi, Jinbo and Wu, Jingzhong and Yang, Yingxin and Xu, Shixuan and Fu, Ailan and Wu Hede (eds.), 彝缅语研究 YiMianyu yanjiu [Studies on Yi-Burmese Languages], 465-558. Chengdu: Sichuan Nationalities Publishing House.