Ukaan language

Ukaan
Ukaan
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Ondo State
Native speakers	(18,000 cited 1973)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo ? Ukaan; ; ;
Dialects	Ukaan proper; Igau; Ayegbe (Iisheu); Iinno (Iyinno);
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kcf

Ukaan (also Ikan, Anyaran, Auga, or Kakumo) is an undocumented and sparsely described Niger–Congo language or dialect cluster of uncertain affiliation.^[1]^[2] 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).

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

^ Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition" (15th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2009-04-03. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "HRELP – Projects". Retrieved 2009-04-03.

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[Ethnologue-1] Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.) (2005). "Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition" (15th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Retrieved 2009-04-03. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[endangered-2] "HRELP – Projects". Retrieved 2009-04-03.

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