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Ukaan (also Ikan, Anyaran, Auga, or Kakumo) is a poorly described Niger–Congo language or dialect cluster of uncertain affiliation.[2][3] Roger Blench suspects, based on wordlists, that it might 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."[4]

Ukaan
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Ondo State, Ekiti State, Kogi State
Native speakers	(18,000 cited 1973)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo ? Ukaan
Dialects	Ukaan proper Igau Ayegbe (Iisheu) Iinno (Iyinno)
Language codes
ISO 639-3	kcf
Glottolog	ukaa1243

Speakers refer to their language as Ùkãã or Ìkã.[5]

Varieties

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 only have one-way intelligibility in some cases.

Roger Blench (2005, 2019)[6] considers Ukaan to consist of at least 3 different languages, and notes that Ukaan varieties spoken in Ìshè,̣ Ẹkakumọ, and Auga all have different lexemes.[5]

Salffner (2009: 27)[7] lists the following four dialects of Ukaan.

• Ikaan: spoken in Ikakumo and Ikakumo (Edo State)
• Ayegbe: spoken in Ise
• Iigau or Iigao: spoken in Auga
• Iino: spoken in Ayanran

Distribution

Ethnologue lists the following locations where Ukaan is spoken.

• Ondo State: Akoko North-East LGA
• Edo State: Akoko Edo LGA
• Kogi State: Ijumu LGA (Anyaran, Auga, and Ishe towns)

Blench (2019) lists Ondo State, Akoko North LGA, towns of Kakumo–Aworo (Kakumo–Kejĩ, Auga and Iṣe); Edo State, Akoko Edo LGA, towns of Kakumo–Akoko and Anyaran.

Reconstruction

Proto-Ukaan has been reconstructed by Abiodun (1999).[8]

See also

• List of Proto-Ukaan reconstructions (Wiktionary)

References

External links

• ELAR archive of Farming, food and yam: language and cultural practices among Ikaan speakers
• Roger Blench: Aika (Ukaan) materials

На других языках

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[de] Ukaan

Ukaan (auch Ikan, Anyaran, Auga oder Kakumo) ist eine sprachwissenschaftlich undokumentierte und spärlich beschriebene Niger-Kongo-Sprache und Dialektcluster mit ungewisser Zugehörigkeit zu einer Sprachgruppe.[1][2]

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- [en] Ukaan language

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