Iku language

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People	ánárè
Language	ékhwá

Iku
Iku
Iku-Gora-Ankwa
Ekhwa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Native speakers	13,000 (2006)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? North Plateau ? Iku; ; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ikv
Glottolog	ikug1238

Last updated December 17, 2025

Iku, or Iku-Gora-Ankwa (Ekhwa), is a Plateau language of Nigeria.^[3]

References

↑ Iku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Iku-Gora-Ankwa". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

External links

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[e18-1] Iku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[BlenchAtlas4-2] Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.

[3] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Iku-Gora-Ankwa". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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Iku
Iku-Gora-Ankwa
Ekhwa
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Kaduna State
Native speakers	13,000 (2006)^[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Central ? North Plateau ? Iku
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`ikv`
Glottolog	`ikug1238`