Kuman language (New Guinea)
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| Kuman | ||
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| Spoken in: | Papua New Guinea | |
| Region: | Simbu Province, from Kundiawa to beyond Kerowagi in the west and Gembogl in the north, at the foot of Mount Wilhelm | |
| Total speakers: | 70,000 | |
| Language family: | Trans-New Guinea Chimbu-Wahgi Chimbu Kuman |
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| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | paa | |
| ISO/FDIS 639-3: | kue | |
| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. See IPA chart for English for an English-based pronunciation key. | ||
Kuman is a language of the East New Guinea Highlands in Papua New Guinea.
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[edit] Geographic distribution
Kuman is spoken in Simbu Province Papua New Guinea. It currently has about 120,000 speakers.
[edit] Sounds
[edit] Vowels
[edit] Consonants
[edit] Grammar
Kuman is an SOV language.
[edit] Writing system
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[edit] References
Hardie, Peter. 2003. Is Kuman Tonal? An account of basic segmental and tonological structure in the Papuan language Kuman. MA thesis: Australian National University
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