Eleme is a language spoken by
Eleme people The Eleme people are one of the various groups of indigenous peoples that inhabit the Niger Delta region of South-South Nigeria.
Location
The Eleme people live in ten major towns situated in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State, around 20& ...
in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. 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
In linguistics, reduplication is a morphological process in which the root or stem of a word (or part of it) or even the whole word is repeated exactly or with a slight change.
The classic observation on the semantics of reduplication is Edwa ...
to negate verbs.
Writing System
Nasal vowels are indicated with a tilde .
References
Indigenous languages of Rivers State
Ogoni languages
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