Gokana is a kegboid language spoken by the people of the same name living in the RMU of Gokana and the Fire of Rivers State in Nigeria. The letter is based on the Latin alphabet, which has been used since 1992, taught in elementary school. Also has dialects of Bodo, Bomu, Dere and Kibanha.
| Gokana | |
|---|---|
| Self name | Gòkánà |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Regions | Rivers |
| Total number of speakers | 100,000 (1989) |
| Classification | |
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| Writing | latin |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | gkn |
| WALS | |
| Ethnologue | |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | |
Writing
The Gokan’s letter uses the Pannigerian alphabet .
| A | B | D | E | Ẹ | F | G | Gb | Gy | I | K | Kp | Ky | L | M | N | Ng | Nv | Ny | O | Ọ | P | S | T | V | Z | |
| a | b | d | e | ẹ | f | g | gb | gy | i | k | kp | ky | l | m | n | ng | nv | ny | o | ọ | p | s | t | v | z |
The nasal vowels are indicated by tilde , and the tone by acute emphasis and gravel.
- a high tone is indicated by an acute accent : á, ã́, é, ẹ́, ẽ́, í, ĩ́, ó, ọ́, ṍ, ú, ṹ, ḿ;
- low tone is indicated by gravel : à, ̀, è, ẹ̀, ẽ́, ì, ĩ̀, ò, ọ̀, õ̀, ù, ũ̀, m̀;
- middle tone is not indicated on the letter.
Links
- Gokana at Ethnologue