Language Akha

[enigma6164]

Hi everybody,

Is anybody familiar with the Akha language? I would like a brief translation of something.

Thanks

enigma

[Riggi]

I'm not myself, but I know a lot of Akha students and teachers from the village I used to live in. 2 are Akha and have good English skills, so if you want to PM me the text I can ask them if they can translate it for you.

Rich

[enigma6164]

Thanks for the reply Rich

I do have some other things i would like to translate into Akha eventually, but for now I would like to know how they say "Happy Birthday"

Thanks

Enigma

[sceadugenga]

http://www.akha.org/upload/akhabooks/englishtoakhahandbook.pdf

Good luck.

[Riggi]

It took a while to get a reply due to the holidays, but the response I got from 2 Akha friends is that they don't have such a phrase as they don't celebrate birthdays.

They never say happy birthday in Akha, they would say it in Thai.

One said the closest thing in Akha would be:

Have a good health = " Yaw mui jaw sa do de, G'hoe m de."

[enigma6164]

Thanks for your help Riggi ... I will keep this in mind for the future

[Limbo]

It took a while to get a reply due to the holidays, but the response I got from 2 Akha friends is that they don't have such a phrase as they don't celebrate birthdays.

They never say happy birthday in Akha, they would say it in Thai.

One said the closest thing in Akha would be:

Have a good health = " Yaw mui jaw sa do de, G'hoe m de."

Is there in the mean time a normal registration of the birth of Akha people

or are they still registered once a year on New Years Day?

What is the reason behind this 'birthday sharing'?

Is it the old style Thai governmental attitude towards ethnic minorities or is

there a connection with the Akha Zang?

Were or are births in all ethnic minorities registered on the same day?

Limbo