Yukubenic languages
# Yukubenic languages

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

## 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).

| Language | Branch | Dialects | Alternate spellings | 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); 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); 1,000 in Cameroon (1976) | Taraba State, Takum LGA; and in Furu-Awa subdivision, Cameroon |
