Oko (language)
| Oko (Ogori-Magongo) | ||
|---|---|---|
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Spoken in |
Nigeria | |
| speaker | 10,000 | |
| Linguistic classification |
Niger-Congo
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-3 |
ok |
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Oko , also known as Ogori-Magongo and Oko-Eni-Osayen , is one of the languages of Nigeria .
It is a dialect cluster that is spoken in the state of Kogi in Nigeria . Linguistically, the language forms a branch of the "Nupe-Oko-Idoma" ( noi ) group of the Niger-Congo languages .
Oko is one of the endangered languages in West Africa , as it only has 10,000 speakers and the language is gradually being replaced by English, Nigeria's new official language since 1960.