The Yukubenic languages (or Oohum languages)
are a branch of either the
Jukunoid family or the
Plateau family spoken in southeastern
Nigeria
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. 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:
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Bete,
Lufu
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Kapya
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Afudu
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Akum
Akum is a Plateau language of Cameroon and across the border in Nigeria
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,
Beezen–Baazem
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Yukuben (Uuhum Gigi)
Names and locations
Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).
References
Plateau languages
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