• Welcome to Ò̩kọ Language Website

This website is about Ò̩kọ, the language of the Ogori and Magongo people of Kogi – a state in the Middle Belt region of Nigeria, West Africa. Ò̩kọ is a small group language, which is increasingly becoming endangered due to various socio-political reasons. The site is a product as well as a process of an ongoing research to explore, document and to preserve the rich cultural heritage of Ò̩kọ and the speakers.
This project began in the early 80s, while the website became effective from 2008. The Ọ̀kọ Language website is a work-in-progress.

Objectives

The website presents multipurpose and multimodal resources for understanding Ò̩kọ as a language, its speakers and their community and provides various information of epistemological interest. You will find the following information in this Website

i. Ò̩kọ as a language
ii. different aspects of the culture and tradition of Ò̩kọ speakers,
iii. online information of interest to linguists and language analysts
iv. resources for Ogori and Magongo people who wish to be literate (learn to read and write) in their language
v. educational resources for oracy and literacy in Ò̩kọ.
vi. references to some other literature on Ò̩kọ and its speakers.

[2] The term Edoid is used to refer to languages that have genetic relation with Edo language, spoken in Benin, Edo State of Nigeria.