Yaben language

{{Short description|Papuan language of Papua New Guinea}}

{{for|the divergent Madang language with the same name|Yamben language}}

{{Infobox language

|name=Yaben

|altname=Yamben

|nativename=

|states=Papua New Guinea

|region=Madang Province

|speakers=1,090

|date=2000 census

|ref=e25

|familycolor=Papuan

|fam1=Trans–New Guinea?

|fam2=Madang

|fam3=Croisilles

|fam4=Numugen

|iso3=ybm

|glotto=yabe1255

|glottorefname=Yaben

}}

Yaben, also spelled Yamben, is a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea.{{cite thesis |type=PhD dissertation |last=Pick |first=Andrew |date=2020 |title=A reconstruction of Proto-Northern Adelbert phonology and lexicon |publisher=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |url=http://ling.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/PickDissertation.pdf}}[http://transnewguinea.org/language/yaben?page=1 Yaben Wordlist]