Alege

Alege
Spoken in	Nigeria
speaker	1,200 (in 1973)
Linguistic classification	Niger-Congo Atlantic – Congo South Volta Congo East Benue Congo Bantoid cross-languages Cross river Alege
Language codes
ISO 639-3	alf

The language alege (Alegi, ugbe and uge; ISO 639-3 is as) is a near-extinct Nigerian African language , which in the state of Cross River is spoken.

It belongs to the Bendi group of cross-river languages and is only spoken by 1,200 people.

Together with the Gayi [bzy] language and the other Cross River languages, the Alege forms the language group of the Eastern Benue Congo languages .

Web links

• Ethnologue

Individual evidence

1. ↑ alf
2. ↑ (1973 SIL)
3. ↑ Ethnologue