Yukuben language

Yukuben
Boritsu
Uhumghikgi
Native toNigeria, Cameroon
RegionTaraba State
Native speakers
(16,000 cited 1992)
Language codes
ISO 639-3ybl
Glottologyuku1243
ELPYukuben

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).

References

  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.