Yukuben language

Yukuben
	Boritsu
	Uuhum Gigi
Native to	Nigeria, Cameroon
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	(16,000 cited 1992)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Plateau Yukubenic Yukuben; ; ; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	ybl
Glottolog	yuku1243[2]

Yukuben, or Uuhum Gigi (Oohum), is a Plateau language of Nigeria. There are a thousand speakers across the border in Cameroon, where the name Uuhum Gigi is preferred. It is a local trade language.

References

Yukuben at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yukuben". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.

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

[Glottolog-2] Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yukuben". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.