Akha in the Language CloudPrint This graph shows the place of
this language within the cloud of all living languages. Each
language in the world is represented by a small dot that is
placed on the grid in relation to its population (in the
vertical axis) and its level of development or endangerment (in
the horizontal axis), with the largest and strongest languages
in the upper left and the smallest and weakest languages (down
to extinction) in the lower right. The population value is the
estimated number of first language (L1) speakers; it is plotted
on a logarithmic scale (where 100 = 1; 102 = 100; 104 = 10,000;
106 = 1,000,000; 108 = 100,000,000). The value for the
development versus endangerment dimension is the estimated level
on the EGIDS scale. (See the pages on Development and
Endangerment for a fuller explanation.) The language in focus is
represented by a large, colored dot. When the population is
unknown, a color-coded question mark appears at the bottom of
the grid. When there are no known L1 speak