Khana also known as Kana is a lingua franca language spoken in Rivers State, Nigeria by the Khana people.
It belongs to the Ogoni group of languages .
Khana language has approximately 499,998 native speakers.
The language has 6 dialects; Yeghe, Norkhana, Ken-Khana, Boúe, Nyo-Kana and Babbe.
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