Yakö language

Not to be confused with Loko language (Sierra Leone).

Yakö
Lokaa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Cross River State
Ethnicity	Yakö people
Native speakers	unknown (120,000 cited 1989)^[1]
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`^[2]

The Yakö language, Lokö (Lokaa), is the Upper Cross River language of the Yakö people (Yakurr) of Nigeria.

References

↑ Yakö at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Lokaa". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Cross River languages

Central Delta

Ogoni languages

Upper Cross River

North-South	Gwune Humono Kele Oring Ubaghara Umon Zekwe

East-West	Ikom Legbo Lokaa Lubila Mbembe Nkukoli Nyima Yigha

Others	Agoi Doko Dorop Iyongiyong Kiong Odut Ukpet-Ehom

Lower Cross River

Ibibio-Efik	Annang Efik Eket Ibeno Ibibio

Others	Ebughu Enwang-Uda Ibino Iko Ilue Obolo Okobo Oro Usaghade

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