Kakanda language
Kakanda (also known as Akanda or Hyabe[3]) is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. Kakanda is spoken in and around Ega (near the Niger-Benue confluence). There are scattered villages stretching from the Niger-Benue confluence to as far as Muregi. There are at least 10,000 people. It is most closely related to Gupa and Kupa, although there are also some similarities with Ebira.[3]
Kakanda | |
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Hyabe | |
Native to | Nigeria |
Region | Niger State, Kwara State, FCT |
Native speakers | 100,000 (2008)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kka |
Glottolog | kaka1264 [2] |
Blench (2019) lists Kakanda–Budon and Kakanda–Gbanmi/Sokun as dialects.[4]
References
- Kakanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kakanda". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
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