Khana language
{{Short description|Ogoni language of Nigeria}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Khana
|nativename=Ogoni
|region=Khana, Rivers State
|states=Nigeria
|speakers=434,000
|date= 2020
|ref = e25
|familycolor=Niger-Congo
|fam2=Atlantic–Congo
|fam3=Benue–Congo
|fam4=Cross River
|fam5=Ogoni
|fam6=East Ogoni
|iso3=ogo
|glotto=khan1278
|glottorefname=Khana
}}
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:{{Cite book |last=Joshua |first=Samuel Fubara |title=Aspects of Phonological Variations in Kana |publisher=University of Port Harcourt |year=2017 |location=ASUU Journal of Humanities: A Journal of Research and Development, Vol 4, No. 2; December 2017 |pages=179–192}}
= Consonants =
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | ! rowspan="2" |Labial ! rowspan="2" |Alveolar ! rowspan="2" |Palatal ! colspan="2" |Velar ! rowspan="2" |Labial- ! rowspan="2" |Glottal |
| plain
!lab. |
|---|
| align="center"
! colspan="2" |Nasal |m |n |ɲ |ŋ |ŋʷ | | |
| align="center"
! rowspan="2" |Plosive !voiceless |p |t | |k |kʷ |k͡p |ʔ |
| align="center"
!voiced |b |d | |ɡ |ɡʷ |ɡ͡b | |
| colspan="2" |Affricate
| | |d͡ʒ | | | | |
| align="center"
! rowspan="2" |Fricative !voiceless |f |s | | | | |h |
| align="center"
!voiced |β |z | |ɣ | | | |
| align="center"
! colspan="2" |Trill | |r | | | | | |
| align="center"
! colspan="2" |Approximant | |l |j | | |w | |
= Vowels =
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Languages of Nigeria}}
{{Cross River languages}}
Category:Indigenous languages of Rivers State
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