Kuman language (New Guinea)

Kuman
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
Native speakers 115,000  (2000)
increasing[1]
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 kue

Kuman (also Simbu or Chimbu) is a language of Simbu Province, Papua New Guinea. As of 1994, it was spoken by about 80,000 people, 10,000 of which were monolinguals. In 2000 the number of speakers increased to 115,000.[1]

Grammar

Kuman is an SOV language.

References

  1. ^ a b Kuman language (New Guinea) at Ethnologue

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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