Yukuben language

Yukuben
Yukuben
Boritsu
Uhumghikgi
Native to	Nigeria, Cameroon
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	(16,000 cited 1992)
Language family	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Yukubenic Yukuben; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ybl
Glottolog	yuku1243
ELP	Yukuben

Yukuben, also known as Fete or Uhumghikgi (Uhum), is a Plateau language of Nigeria. There are a thousand speakers across the border in Cameroon, where the name Uhumghikgi is preferred. It is a local trade language.

Its genetic classification is discussed in Prischnegg (2021).^[2]

References

↑ Yukuben at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ Prischnegg, Tamara 2021. Das Yukuben und seine Bedeutung für die Legitimierung eines Südjukunoid. Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften.

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[e18-1] Yukuben at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] Prischnegg, Tamara 2021. Das Yukuben und seine Bedeutung für die Legitimierung eines Südjukunoid. Saarbrücken: Südwestdeutscher Verlag für Hochschulschriften.

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