Ukaan language
| Ukaan | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Ondo State, Ekiti State, Kogi State |
Native speakers | (18,000 cited 1973) |
Niger–Congo?
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| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kcf |
| Glottolog | ukaa1243 |
Ukaan (also Ikan, Anyaran, Auga, or Kakumo) is a poorly described Niger–Congo language or dialect cluster of uncertain affiliation. 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."
Speakers refer to their language as Ùkãã or Ìkã.