Eleme

ELM

developing

Dialects: Nchia, Odido.

Genealogy:

Niger-Congo

Atlantic-Congo

Volta-Congo

Benue-Congo

Cross River

Delta Cross

Ogoni

West

Demographics: 58,000 (1990 UBS). 2,900 monolinguals.

Language Use: Home. All ages. 95% also use English [eng]. Also use Gokana [gkn].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 20%. Literacy rate in L2: 60% in English. Poetry. NT: 2001.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Nigeria

Other Comments: Eleme land is in an industrial area with people from many language groups living among them. Christian, traditional religion.