Khana language
Ogoni language of Nigeria
| Khana | |
|---|---|
| Ogoni | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Khana, Rivers State |
Native speakers | 434,000 (2020)[1] |
Language family | Niger–Congo?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ogo |
| Glottolog | khan1278 |
Khana (Kana), or Ogoni, is the prestige variety of the Ogoni languages of Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the lingua franca of speakers of the East Ogoni languages. It is the most dominant of the 5 Ogoni languages Khana, Tee, Gokana, Eleme, Baan spoken in southern part of Rivers State.
Phonology
The phonology of Khana is as follows:[2]
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labial- velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋʷ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | kʷ | k͡p | ʔ | |
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | ɡʷ | ɡ͡b | |||
| Affricate | d͡ʒ | |||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | h | ||||
| voiced | β | z | ɣ | |||||
| Trill | r | |||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, ĩ | u, ũ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ, ɛ̃ | ɔ, ɔ̃ | |
| Open | a, ã |
References
- ^ Khana at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Joshua, Samuel Fubara (2017). Aspects of Phonological Variations in Kana. ASUU Journal of Humanities: A Journal of Research and Development, Vol 4, No. 2; December 2017: University of Port Harcourt. pp. 179–192.
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