Yakö language explained

Yakö language should not be confused with Loko language (Sierra Leone).

Yakö
Nativename:Lokaa
States:Nigeria
Region:Cross River State
Ethnicity:Yakö people
Speakers:120,000
Date:1989
Ref:e18
Familycolor:Niger-Congo
Fam2:Atlantic–Congo
Fam3:Benue–Congo
Fam4:Cross River
Fam5:Upper Cross
Fam6:Central
Fam7:East–West
Fam8:Loko languages
Iso3:yaz
Glotto:loka1252
Glottorefname:Lokaa

The Yakö language (also Lokö or Lokạạ) is an Upper Cross River language of the Yakö people (Yakurr) of Nigeria.