Iku language

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Iku
Iku-Gora-Ankwa
Ekhwa
Native to Nigeria
Region Kaduna State
Native speakers
13,000 (2006) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ikv
Glottolog ikug1238
Personénéjì [2]
Peopleánárè
Languageékhwá

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

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References

  1. Iku at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.