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Yakö language

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Upper Cross River language spoken in Nigeria

Not to be confused withLoko language (Sierra Leone).

Yakö
Lokaa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State
Ethnicity	Yakö people
Native speakers	(120,000 cited 1989)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross Central East–West Loko languages Yakö
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`yaz`
Glottolog	`loka1252`

TheYakö language (alsoLokö orLokạạ) is anUpper Cross River language of theYakö people (Yakurr) ofNigeria.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t		k	k͡p
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
Fricative		f	s
Tap			(ɾ)
Lateral			l
Approximant				j		w

[ɾ] may occur as an allophone of /d/, a variant of /l/, or as a result of contact with other languages such as Efik or Yoruba.
Sounds /b, t, d/ are heard as unreleased [b̚, t̚, d̚] when in word-final position.^[2]

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	i iː		u uː
High-mid	e eː	ə əː	o oː
Low-mid	ɛ ɛː	ə əː	ɔ ɔː
Low		a aː

References

^Yakö atEthnologue (18th ed., 2015)(subscription required)
^Iwara, Alexander U. (1982).Phonology and grammar of Lòkə̀ə̀: a preliminary study. University of London dissertation.

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Cross River languages

Upper Cross River

North-South	Gwune Humono Kele Oring Ubaghara Umon Zekwe
East-West	Ikom Legbo Lokaa Lubila Mbembe Nkukoli Nyima Yigha
Others	Agoi Doko Dorop Iyongiyong Kiong Ukpet-Ehom

Lower Cross River

Ibibio-Efik	Annang Efik Eket Ibibio
Others	Ebughu Enwang-Uda Ibino Iko Ilue Obolo Okobo Oro Usaghade

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