Ukaan language
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| Ukaan | |
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| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Ondo State |
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Native speakers
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unknown (18,000 cited 1973)[1] |
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Niger–Congo
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| Dialects |
Ukaan proper
Igau
Ayegbe (Iisheu)
Iinno (Iyinno)
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kcf |
| Glottolog | ukaa1243[2] |
Ukaan (also Ikan, Anyaran, Auga, or Kakumo) is an undocumented and sparsely described Niger–Congo language or dialect cluster of uncertain affiliation.[3][4] Roger Blench suspects, based on wordlists, that it may 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."[5]
The name Anyaran is from the town of Anyaran, where it is spoken. Ukaan has several divergent dialects: Ukaan proper, Igau, Ayegbe (Iisheu), Iinno (Iyinno), which may only have one-way intelligibility in some cases.
References
- ↑ Ukaan at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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- ↑ Roger Blench, Niger-Congo: an alternative view
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