Yukuben language

Yukuben
Boritsu
Uuhum Gigi
Native to Nigeria, Cameroon
Region Taraba State
Native speakers
16,000 (1992)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 ybl
Glottolog yuku1243[2]

Yukuben, or Uuhum Gigi, 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

  1. Yukuben at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Yukuben". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.


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