Kuman language (New Guinea)

Kuman
Native toPapua New Guinea
RegionChimbu 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 639-3kue
Glottologkuma1280

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]

  1. ^ a b c d Kuman at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Kuman language (New Guinea) at Ethnologue (15th ed., 2005) Closed access icon