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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Africa > Nigeria > Oko-Eni-Osayen

Oko-Eni-Osayen

A language of Nigeria

ISO 639-3oks

Population  10,000 (Williamson 1989). 4,000 in Ogori, 3,000 in Magongo, 3,000 in Eni.
Region  Kogi state, Okene LGA, Ogori and Magongo towns, 15 km south southwest of Okene.
Language map  Nigeria, Map 6, reference number 303
Alternate names   Ogori-Magongo, Oko
Dialects  Oko (Ogori, Uku), Osayen (Magongo, Osanyin), Eni. A dialect subgroup. Seems equally distantly related to Yoruba [yor], Ebira [igb], Edo [bin], Igbo [ibo], and Idoma [idu].
Classification  Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Benue-Congo, Oko