| Ukaan | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Nigeria |
| Region | Ondo State |
| Native speakers | unknown (18,000 cited 1973) |
| Language family |
Niger–Congo
|
| Dialects |
Ukaan proper
Igau
Ayegbe (Iisheu)
Iinno (Iyinno)
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kcf |
Ukaan (also Ikan, Anyaran, Auga, or Kakumo) is an undocumented and sparsely described Niger–Congo language or dialect cluster of uncertain affiliation.[1][2] Roger Blench suspects, based on wordlists, that it may be closest to the (East) Benue–Congo languages (or, equivalently, the most divergent of the Benue–Congo languages).
The name Anyaran is from the town of Anyaran, where it is spoken. Ukaan has several divergent dialects: Ukaan proper, Igau, Ayegbe (Iisheu), Iinno (Iyinno), which may only have one-way intelligibility in some cases.