Oku (Ebkuo, Ekpwo, Ukfwo, Bvukoo, Kuɔ) is a
Grassfields Bantoid language that is primarily spoken by the Oku people of northwest
Cameroon
Cameroon (; french: Cameroun, ff, Kamerun), officially the Republic of Cameroon (french: République du Cameroun, links=no), is a country in west- central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; th ...
, a fondom of the
Tikar people.
[Moffor, Tikere. “The Making of Fons Kings: An Insight into the Regalia of a Newly Crowned Cameroon Grassfields Fon.” (2022).] They are a different ethnic group from the
Oku people of Sierra Leone.
Phonology
Consonants
Oku has 21 consonant phonemes.
The consonant phoneme inventory of the language is shown below.
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Orthography
The Oku alphabet has 25 letters.
References
External links
Oku Verb Morphology: Tense Aspect and Mood
Information about the structure of the Oku language
Oku - English Provisional Lexicon
An alphabetical list of words in the Oku language
Ring languages
Languages of Cameroon
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