| Yukubenic | |
| Also Known As: | Oohum |
| Region: | Nigeria |
| Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
| Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
| Fam3: | Benue–Congo |
| Fam4: | Jukunoid? Plateau? |
| Glotto: | yuku1243 |
| Glottorefname: | Yukuben |
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.
The Yukubenic languages are:
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) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yukuben–Kutep | Taraba State, Takum LGA, at Kapya | ||||||||||
| Yukuben–Kutep | Lissam, Fikyu, Jenuwa, Rufu, 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–Kutep | Nyikuben, Nyikobe, Ayikiben, Yikuben | Oohum, Uuhum | Boritsu, Balaabe | 10,000 (1971 Welmers);[6] 1,000 in Cameroon (1976) | Taraba State, Takum LGA; and in Furu-Awa subdivision, Cameroon |