Khana language

Khana (Kana), or Ogoni, is the prestige variety of the Ogoni languages of Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the lingua franca of speakers of the East Ogoni languages. It is the most dominant of the 5 Ogoni languages Khana, Tee, Gokana, Eleme, Baan spoken in southern part of Rivers State.

Khana
Ogoni
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Khana, Rivers State
Native speakers	434,000 (2020)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Ogoni East Ogoni Khana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ogo
Glottolog	khan1278

Phonology

The phonology of Khana is as follows:^[2]

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Labial- velar	Glottal
					plain	lab.
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	kʷ	k͡p	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ	ɡʷ	ɡ͡b
Affricate				d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s					h
	voiced	β	z		ɣ
Trill			r
Approximant			l	j			w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, ĩ		u, ũ
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ, ɛ̃		ɔ, ɔ̃
Open		a, ã