Yukubenic languages
The Yukubenic languages (or Oohum languages)[2] are a branch of either the Jukunoid family or the Plateau family spoken in southeastern Nigeria. Glottolog places Yukubenic in the Plateau family.[3] Ethnologue, however, places Yukubenic in the Jukunoid family,[4] based on Shimizu (1980), and Blench also follows this classification.[2]
Yukubenic | |
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Oohum | |
Geographic distribution | Nigeria |
Linguistic classification | Niger–Congo |
Glottolog | yuku1243[1] |
Classification
The Yukubenic languages are:
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[5]
Language | Branch | Dialects | Alternate spellings | Own name for language | Endonym(s) | Other names (location-based) | Other names for language | Exonym(s) | Speakers | Location(s) |
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Kapya | Yukuben–Kutep | Taraba State, Takum LGA, at Kapya | ||||||||
Kuteb | Yukuben–Kutep | Lissam, Fikyu, Jenuwa, Kunabe, Kentin: Fikyu has sub–dialects | Kutev, Kutep | Ati (Administrative name in Cameroon) | Mbarike, Zumper (Jompre) (not recommended) | 15,592 (1952 W&B)[6]; 30,000 (1986 UBS); 1400 in Cameroon (1976) | Taraba State, Takum LGA and in Cameroon, Furu Awa subdivision | |||
Yukuben | Yukuben–Kutep | Nyikuben, Nyikobe, Ayikiben, Yikuben | Oohum, Uuhum | Boritsu, Balaabe | Uuhum-Gigi in Cameroon | 10,000 (1971 Welmers)[7]; 1,000 in Cameroon (1976) | Taraba State, Takum LGA; and in Furu-Awa subdivision, Cameroon |
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References
- Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Yukuben". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- Roger Blench (15 November 2005). "Is there a boundary between Plateau and Jukunoid? (PDF Download Available)". ResearchGate. pp. 3, 5. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- "Glottolog 3.0 - Yukubenic". glottolog.org. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
- "Jukunoid". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
- Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- Westermann, Diedrich & M.A. Bryan, 1952. Languages of West Africa. London: International African Institute.
- Welmers, William Everrett 1971. Checklist of African Language and Dialect Names. In: Current Trends in Linguistics, Vol. 7, T.A. Sebeok 759-900, The Hague, Mouton.
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