Eleme language
Eleme is a Nigerian language spoken by the Eleme people.
| Eleme | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Nigeria |
| Region | Eleme, Rivers State |
Native speakers | 190,884. (2006)[1] |
Niger–Congo
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | elm |
| Glottolog | elem1253 |
A unique feature of Eleme is that it uses reduplication to negate verbs.[2]
References
- Eleme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Harrison, K. David. (2007). When languages die : the extinction of the world's languages and the erosion of human knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-19-518192-0. OCLC 65425996.
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Eleme language test of Wikipedia at Wikimedia Incubator |
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