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Name:
Kumauni
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Askoti; Bhabari of Rampur; Chaugarkhiya; Danpuriya; Gangola; Johari; Khasparjiya; Kumaiya Pachhai; Pashchimi; Phaldakotiya; Rau-Chaubhaisi; Sirali; Soriyali; Kumaon; Kamaoni; Kumaoni; Kumau; Kumawani; Kumgoni; Kumman; Kunayaoni; Kumaun; Kumaunī
Spoken in:
Nepal, India
Number of speakers:
2,360,000 (1998). 20% monolingual. Scattered in Nepal border area
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
2003783
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
2360000
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
kfy
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite)
Parent Subgroup:
Central Pahari; Central Pahāṛī (cpah)
Child Dialects:
Southeastern Kumauni; Southeastern Kumaoni (kfy-sou)
Western Kumauni; Western Kumaoni (kfy-wes)
Northeastern Kumauni; Northeastern Kumaoni (kfy-nor)
Central Kumauni; Central Kumaoni (kfy-cen)
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
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