Oko | |
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Ogori-Magongo | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Kogi State |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2006) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
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Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
oks |
Glottolog |
okoe1238 |
Oko (ɔ̀kɔ́), also known as Ogori-Magongo and Oko-Eni-Osayin, is a dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria. It appears to form a branch of the "Nupe–Oko–Idoma" (noi) group of Niger–Congo languages. Most Oko speakers also speak Yoruba as a second language. The language is spoken in and around the towns of Ogori and Magongo in southwestern Kogi State, close to the Ondo and Edo state borders.
Oko is one of the Volta–Niger languages.
An automated computational analysis ( ASJP 4) by Müller et al. (2013) grouped Oko within the Idomoid languages. [2]
According to Ethnologue, Oko is spoken in:
Oko is a dialect cluster consisting of (Ethnologue):
Below is a list of Ọkọ–Eni–Ọsayin language cluster names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). [3]
Language | Alternate spellings | Other names (location-based) | Speakers |
---|---|---|---|
Ọkọ | Uku, Oko | Ogori (town name), Gori | 4,000 (1970??) |
Ọsayin | Osayin, Ọsayin | Magongo (town name) | 3,000 (1970??) |
Eni | 3,000 (1970??) |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar |
Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | |||||
Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ||
Voiced | b | d | g | ɡ͡b | |||
Affricate | Voiceless | t͡ʃ | |||||
Voiced | d͡ʒ | ||||||
Fricative | Voiceless | f | s | h | |||
Voiced | z | ||||||
Trill | r | ||||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Low | ä |
Each vowel also has a nasal equivalent. [4]
Oko | |
---|---|
Ogori-Magongo | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Kogi State |
Native speakers | 40,000 (2006) [1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
oks |
Glottolog |
okoe1238 |
Oko (ɔ̀kɔ́), also known as Ogori-Magongo and Oko-Eni-Osayin, is a dialect cluster spoken in Nigeria. It appears to form a branch of the "Nupe–Oko–Idoma" (noi) group of Niger–Congo languages. Most Oko speakers also speak Yoruba as a second language. The language is spoken in and around the towns of Ogori and Magongo in southwestern Kogi State, close to the Ondo and Edo state borders.
Oko is one of the Volta–Niger languages.
An automated computational analysis ( ASJP 4) by Müller et al. (2013) grouped Oko within the Idomoid languages. [2]
According to Ethnologue, Oko is spoken in:
Oko is a dialect cluster consisting of (Ethnologue):
Below is a list of Ọkọ–Eni–Ọsayin language cluster names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019). [3]
Language | Alternate spellings | Other names (location-based) | Speakers |
---|---|---|---|
Ọkọ | Uku, Oko | Ogori (town name), Gori | 4,000 (1970??) |
Ọsayin | Osayin, Ọsayin | Magongo (town name) | 3,000 (1970??) |
Eni | 3,000 (1970??) |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar |
Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m | n | |||||
Plosive | Voiceless | p | t | k | k͡p | ||
Voiced | b | d | g | ɡ͡b | |||
Affricate | Voiceless | t͡ʃ | |||||
Voiced | d͡ʒ | ||||||
Fricative | Voiceless | f | s | h | |||
Voiced | z | ||||||
Trill | r | ||||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | u | |
Close-mid | e | o | |
Open-mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
Low | ä |
Each vowel also has a nasal equivalent. [4]