Yukuben language

Yukuben
Boritsu
Uuhum Gigi
Native to	Nigeria, Cameroon
Region	Taraba State
Native speakers	16,000 (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, 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)
↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Yukuben". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.