Khana language
| Khana | |
|---|---|
| Ogoni | |
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Khana, Rivers State |
Native speakers | 434,000 (2020)[1] |
Niger–Congo?
| |
| 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
[edit]The phonology of Khana is as follows:[2]
Consonants
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i, ĩ | u, ũ | |
| Close-mid | e | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ, ɛ̃ | ɔ, ɔ̃ | |
| Open | a, ã |
References
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