Nembe language

E407505

The Nembe language is an Ijoid language spoken primarily by the Nembe people in Bayelsa State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Nembe language canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ijoid language
Niger–Congo language
language
associatedWith Nembe Kingdom
Nembe culture
belongsToBranch Ijo branch of Niger–Congo
closelyRelatedTo Izon language
Kalabari language
Okrika language
country Nigeria
ethnicGroup Nembe people NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution coastal communities of Bayelsa State
glottologCode nemb1238
glottologName Nembe
hasAlternativeName Nembe-Ijo
surface form: Nembe (Ijoid)

Nembe Ijaw
Nembe-Ijo
hasDialects Akassa
Mini
Nembe proper
hasEthnologueEntry nem
hasLinguisticFeature SOV basic word order
tone language
hasStatus regional language in Bayelsa State
isEndangered true
iso639-3 nem
isSpokenPrimarilyIn Nembe Local Government Area
languageFamily Niger–Congo languages
surface form: Niger–Congo
languageSubfamily Ijoid
minorityLanguageIn Nigeria
region Bayelsa State NERFINISHED
Niger Delta
surface form: Niger Delta region
spokenBy Nembe people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Bayelsa State NERFINISHED
Niger Delta
Nigeria
subfamilyOf Ijoid languages
usedIn local trade
oral literature
traditional religion
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ijaw languages hasMember Nembe language
Nembe languageSpoken Nembe language
Kalabari language closelyRelatedTo Nembe language
Bille language relatedTo Nembe language
Akassa language closelyRelatedTo Nembe language
Kalabari Ijo closelyRelatedTo Nembe language