Eleme language
| Eleme | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
Native speakers | (58,000 cited 1990)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | elm |
| Glottolog | elem1253 |
Eleme is a language spoken by
Kegboid) language group, within the Cross River branch of Benue-Congo.[2] Eleme language was originally divided into two mutual dialects of Nchia and Odido. Nchia spoken in six communities of Agbonchia, Akpajo, Alesa, Aleto, Alode and Ogale, while Odido dialect was spoken at Ebubu, Ekporo, Eteo and Onne, today, both dialects
have submerged, with a few varying pronunciations.
A unique feature of Eleme is that it uses reduplication to negate verbs.[3]
Writing System
| a | b | ch | d | e | ɛ | f | g | gb | gw | h | i | j | k | kp | kw | l | m | n | nw | ny | o | ɔ | p | r | s | t | u | w | y | ʼ |
Nasal vowels are indicated with a tilde ⟨ã ɛ̃ ĩ ɔ̃ ũ⟩.
References
- ^ Eleme at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ "Eleme - Surrey Morphology Group". www.smg.surrey.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
- OCLC 65425996.
- ^ Eyi Ngulube 2011.
Works cited
- Eyi Ngulube, Isaac (2011). "The Eleme orthography". In Ozo-mekuri Ndimele; Tony Enyia (eds.). Orthographies of Nigerian languages: manual X. Nigeria Educational Research & Development Council. pp. 36–59.
