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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
Ogori-Magongo
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kogi State
Native speakers	40,000 (2006)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger noi Oko
Dialects	Oko Eni Osayen
Language codes
ISO 639-3	oks
Glottolog	okoe1238

Classification

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]

Distribution

According to Ethnologue, Oko is spoken in:

• Edo State: Akoko-Edo LGA
• Kogi State: Okene LGA, Magongo, and Ogori towns

Varieties

Oko is a dialect cluster consisting of (Ethnologue):

• Oko (Ogori, Uku)
• Osayin(Magongo, Osanyin)
• Eni

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??)

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Labiodental	Alveolar	Palato-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio-velar	Glottal
Nasal	m		n
Voiceless plosive	p		t			k	k͡p
Voiced plosive	b		d			g	ɡ͡b
Voiceless fricative		f	s					h
Voiced fricative			z
Voiceless affricate				t͡ʃ
Voiced affricate				d͡ʒ
Trill			r
Approximant			l		j		w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ		ɔ
Low		a

Each vowel also has a nasal equivalent.[4]

See also

• Oko word list (Wiktionary)

References

На других языках

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[de] Oko (Sprache)

Oko, auch bekannt als Ogori-Magongo und Oko-Eni-Osayen, ist eine der Sprachen Nigerias.

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- [en] Oko language

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