Yakö language

{{Short description|Upper Corss River language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{distinguish|Loko language (Sierra Leone)}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Yakö

|nativename=Lokaa

|states=Nigeria

|region=Cross River State

|ethnicity=Yakö people

|speakers=120,000

|date=1989

|ref = e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4=Cross River

|fam5=Upper Cross

|fam6=Central

|fam7=East–West

|fam8=Loko languages

|iso3=yaz

|glotto=loka1252

|glottorefname=Lokaa

}}

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

References

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{{Cross River languages}}

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Category:Languages of Nigeria

Category:Upper Cross River languages

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