Gokana language

Gokana language

Infobox Language family
name=Ogoni languages
region=Rivers State, Nigeria
familycolor=Niger-Congo
fam2=Atlantic-Congo
fam3=Volta-Congo
fam4=Benue-Congo
fam5=Cross River
fam6=Delta Cross
child1=Khana
child2=Gokana
child3=Tee (Tai)
child4=Baan
child5=Eleme

Gokana is a Ogoni language spoken by some 130,000 people in Rivers State, Nigeria.

References

* [https://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=gkn "Gokana:A language of Nigeria" Ethnologue]
* [http://starling.rinet.ru/cgi-bin/response.cgi?root=config&morpho=0&basename=%5Cdata%5Ctypol%5Ctypology&first=504 "A global linguistic database:Gokana" Tower of Babel Project]
*Brosnahan, L. F. (1964) "Outlines of the Phonology of the Gokana Dialect of Ogoni" "Journal of West African Languages" 1(1): pp. 43-48
*Brosnahan, L. F. (1967) "A Word List of the Gokana Dialect of Ogoni" "Journal of West African Languages" 4(2): pp. 43-52
*Hyman, Larry M. and Comrie, B. (1981) "Logophoric Reference in Gokana" "Journal of African Languages and Linguistics" (Leiden) 3(1): pp. 19-37
*Hyman, Larry M. (1982) "The representation of nasality in Gokana" "In" Hulst, Harry, van der and Smith, Norval (eds.) (1982) "The Structure of Phonological Representations" part, 1 Foris Publishing, Dordrecht, Holland, ISBN 90-70176-53-X
*Yan Huang (2003) "Switch-reference in Amele and logophoric verbal suffix in Gokana: a generalized neo-Gricean pragmatic analysis" "In" Georgiafentis, M.; Haeberli, E, and Varlokosta, S. (eds.) (2003) "Reading Working Papers in Linguistics" Volume 7, pp. 53-76, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies, University of Reading, Reading, UK
*Bond, Oliver and Anderson, Gregory D. S. (2005) "Divergent Structure in Ogonoid Languages" "In" (2005) "Proceedings of the Berkeley Linguistic Society" Volume 31, Berkeley Linguistic Society, Berkeley, California


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Gokana — ISO 639 3 Code : gkn ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

  • Gokanna — Gokanna, Gokaṇṇa, Gokana or Gokhana may refer to:*Trincomalee, Gokaṇṇa is the Sanskrit name of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka *Gokana kingdom, also Gokhana, a Ogoni kingdom, now local government area, in Rivers State, Nigeria *Gokana language, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Ogoni people — Ogoni Ogoni Flag created by Ken Saro Wiwa Total population 500,000 (1963)[1] Regions w …   Wikipedia

  • Benue-Congo languages — Largest branch of the Niger Congo language family, both in numbers of languages (900) and speakers (at least 500 million). Its major divisions are Defoid, including Yoruba, with more than 20 million speakers; Edoid, including Edo (see kingdom of… …   Universalium

  • Port Harcourt — Ugwu Ọcha/Iguocha, Diobu,   City   Top: A street scene in Port Harcourt Middle: Port Harcourt I …   Wikipedia

  • Degema, Rivers — Degema, Nigeria   LGA and town   Country  Nigeria State …   Wikipedia

  • gkn — ISO 639 3 Code of Language ISO 639 2/B Code : ISO 639 2/T Code : ISO 639 1 Code : Scope : Individual Language Type : Living Language Name : Gokana …   Names of Languages ISO 639-3

  • Bendi-Sprachen — West Benue Kongo, Platoid, Cross River Sprachen, Nord Bantoid, Süd Bantoid außer Bantu und die Nordwestecke des Bantu Gebietes Die Cross River Sprachen (oder kurz Cross River) bilden eine Untereinheit des Ost Benue Kongo, eines Zweiges der Benue… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cross-River-Sprachen — West Benue Kongo, Platoid, Cross River Sprachen, Nord Bantoid, Süd Bantoid außer Bantu und die Nordwestecke des Bantu Gebietes Die Cross River Sprachen (oder auch Cross River) bilden eine Untereinheit des Ost Benue Kongo, eines Zweiges der Benue… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Delta-Cross-Sprachen — West Benue Kongo, Platoid, Cross River Sprachen, Nord Bantoid, Süd Bantoid außer Bantu und die Nordwestecke des Bantu Gebietes Die Cross River Sprachen (oder kurz Cross River) bilden eine Untereinheit des Ost Benue Kongo, eines Zweiges der Benue… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”