Yukuben language

{{Short description|Plateau language spoken in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox language

|name = Yukuben

|altname=Boritsu

|nativename = Uhumghikgi

|states = Nigeria, Cameroon

|region = Taraba State

|speakers =16,000

|date=1992

|ref=e18

|familycolor=Niger-Congo

|fam2=Atlantic–Congo

|fam3=Benue–Congo

|fam4= Plateau

|fam5= Yukubenic

|iso3=ybl

|glotto=yuku1243

|glottorefname=Yukuben

}}

Yukuben, or Uhumghikgi (Uhum), is a Plateau language of Nigeria. There are a thousand speakers across the border in Cameroon, where the name Uhumghikgi is preferred. It is a local trade language.