Ukaan
Ukaan is an Atlantic-Congo language spoken in Nigeria.
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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.
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Words in Ukaan
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | oni* | |
| name | ini* | |
| eye | Ti* | |
| ear | rhog* | |
| nose | koro* | |
| tooth | oyi* | |
| tongue | mu* | |
| hand | wo* | |
| blood | odia* | |
| bone | oxwo* | |
| skin | EhwErhE* | |
| knee | ihuru* | |
| breast | Nma* | |
| liver | fin* | |
| water | umo* | |
| fire | iya* | |
| sun | i5o5o* | |
| star | iSiSirei* | |
| stone | kpo* | |
| mountain | erha* | |
| tree | hu* | |
| leaf | ufa* | |
| night | arahwo* | |
| dog | Nwu* | |
| fish | SiSi* | |
| louse | nya* | |
| one | Ti* | |
| two | wa* | |
| I | ihyeTi* | |
| you | ihyero* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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Elsewhere
Glottolog · ukaa1243 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · kcf