Uneme language

Uneme
Native to	Nigeria
Region	Edo State
Native speakers	20,000 (2000)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Volta–Niger yeai Edoid North-Central Yekhee Uneme
Language codes
ISO 639-3	une
Glottolog	unem1238[2]

Uneme (Ileme) is an Edoid language of Nigeria. Uneme is the language spoken by the Uneme people of the present day Edo State, Nigeria. Uneme is one of the minority tribes in Edo State. Currently there are ten Uneme towns or communities scattered in three Local Government Areas of Edo State. We have Uneme-Anegbette, Uneme-Udochi and Unemeh-Imiava, located in Etsako Central Local Government Area; Uneme-Uzanu, located in Etsako East Local Government Area; and Uneme-Nekhua, Uneme-Akiosu, Uneme-Erhurun, Uneme-Akpama, Uneme-Ekpedo and Uneme-Ayetoro, located in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, all in the Northern part of Edo State, Nigeria.

References

1. Uneme at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Uneme". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.