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The Yukubenic languages (or Oohum languages)[1] are a branch of either the Jukunoid family or the Plateau family spoken in southeastern Nigeria. Glottolog places Yukubenic in the Plateau family.[2] Ethnologue, however, places Yukubenic in the Jukunoid family,[3] based on Shimizu (1980), and Blench also follows this classification.[1]

Yukubenic
Oohum
Geographic distribution	Nigeria
Linguistic classification	Niger–Congo? Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Jukunoid? Plateau? Yukubenic
Glottolog	yuku1243

Classification

The Yukubenic languages are:

• Bete, Lufu
• Kapya
• Afudu
• Akum, Beezen–Baazem
• Yukuben (Uuhum Gigi)

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).[4]

Language	Branch	Dialects	Alternate spellings	Own name for language	Endonym(s)	Other names (location-based)	Other names for language	Exonym(s)	Speakers	Location(s)
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);[5] 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);[6] 1,000 in Cameroon (1976)	Taraba State, Takum LGA; and in Furu-Awa subdivision, Cameroon

References

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