ISO_639:kka

Kakanda language

Kakanda language

Nupoid language of Nigeria

Kakanda (also known as Akanda or Hyabe[2]) is a Nupoid language of Nigeria. Kakanda is spoken in and around Kupa and Eggan (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.[2]

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Baka is a Kakanda-speaking town. Blench (2019) lists Kakanda–Budon and Kakanda–Gbanmi/Sokun as dialects.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Kakanda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Blench, Roger. 2013. The Nupoid languages of west-central Nigeria: overview and comparative word list.
  3. [3]
    Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.


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