Eleme
PrintA language of Nigeria
ISO 639-3
Population
58,000 (1990 UBS). 5% monolingual.
Location
Rivers State, Eleme LGA.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Classification
Dialects
Nchia, Odido.
Language Use
Home. All ages.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 20%. Literacy rate in L2: 60% in English. Poetry. NT: 2001.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script, used since 1990.
Eleme land is in an industrial area with people from many language groups living among them. Christian, traditional religion.