Ukaan language
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Ukaan (also Ikan, Anyaran, Auga, or Kakumo) is a poorly described Niger–Congo language or dialect cluster of uncertain affiliation.[2][3] Roger Blench suspects, based on wordlists, that it might be closest to the (East) Benue–Congo languages (or, equivalently, the most divergent of the Benue–Congo languages). Blench (2012) states that "noun-classes and concord make it look Benue-Congo, but evidence is weak."[4]
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Ukaan | |
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Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Ondo State, Ekiti State, Kogi State |
Native speakers | (18,000 cited 1973)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kcf |
Glottolog | ukaa1243 |
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Speakers refer to their language as Ùkãã or Ìkã.[5]