Kuman language (New Guinea)
Trans–New Guinea language spoken in Papua New Guinea / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kuman (also Chimbu or Simbu) is a language of Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea. In 1994, it was estimated that 80,000 people spoke Kuman, 10,000 of them monolinguals;[2] in the 2000 census, 115,000 were reported, with few monolinguals.[1] Ethnologue also reported 70,000 second language speakers in 2021.[1]
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Kuman | |
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Native to | Papua New Guinea |
Region | Chimbu Province, from Kundiawa to beyond Kerowagi in the west and Gembogl in the north, at the foot of Mount Wilhelm |
Native speakers | 120,000 (2000 census)[1] L2: 70,000 (2021)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | kue |
Glottolog | kuma1280 |
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