Yakö language

Yakö
Yakö
Lokaa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State
Ethnicity	Yakö people
Native speakers	(120,000 cited 1989)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross Central East–West Loko languages Yakö; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	yaz
Glottolog	loka1252

The Yakö language (also Lokö or Lokạạ) is an Upper Cross River language of the Yakö people (Yakurr) of Nigeria.

Phonology

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Labio- velar
Nasal		m	n		ŋ
Plosive/ Affricate	voiceless	p	t		k	k͡p
Plosive/ Affricate	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ	ɡ	ɡ͡b
Fricative		f	s
Tap			(ɾ)
Lateral			l
Approximant				j		w

[ɾ] may occur as an allophone of /d/, a variant of /l/, or as a result of contact with other languages such as Efik or Yoruba.
Sounds /b, t, d/ are heard as unreleased [b̚, t̚, d̚] when in word-final position.

↑ Yakö at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Iwara, Alexander U. (1982). Phonology and grammar of Lòkə̀ə̀: a preliminary study. University of London dissertation.

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Yakö
Lokaa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State
Ethnicity	Yakö people
Native speakers	(120,000 cited 1989)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Upper Cross Central East–West Loko languages Yakö
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`yaz`
Glottolog	`loka1252`