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Khana
Ogoni
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Khana, Rivers State
Native speakers	434,000 (2020)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Cross River Ogoni East Ogoni Khana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ogo
Glottolog	khan1278

Khana (audio)^ⓘ (Kana), or Ogoni, is the prestige variety of the Ogoni languages of Rivers State, Nigeria. It is the lingua franca of speakers of the East Ogoni languages. It is the most dominant of the 5 Ogoni languages Khana, Tee, Gokana, Eleme, Baan spoken in southern part of Rivers State.

Phonology

The phonology of Khana is as follows:

Consonants

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar		Labial- velar	Glottal
					plain	lab.
Nasal		m	n	ɲ	ŋ	ŋʷ
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	kʷ	k͡p	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ	ɡʷ	ɡ͡b
Affricate				d͡ʒ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s					h
	voiced	β	z		ɣ
Trill			r
Approximant			l	j			w

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i, ĩ		u, ũ
Close-mid	e		o
Open-mid	ɛ, ɛ̃		ɔ, ɔ̃
Open		a, ã