Kumaoni people

Kumaonis
कुमाऊंनी, कुमयी
Regions with significant populations
 India (Kumaon)2.2 million* (2011 census)[1]
Languages
Kumaoni
Religion
Majority
Hinduism
Minority [2]
Related ethnic groups
other Indo-Aryans, Khas people, Garhwali people

*The population figures are only of the number of speakers of the Kumaoni language. May not include ethnic Kumaonis who no longer speak the Kumaoni language, but other languages.

Kumaonis, also known as Kumaiye and Kumain (in Nepal),[3] are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group who speak Kumaoni as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon division in the state of Uttarakhand in India.

Kumaoni is also used as a term for people who have their origin in Kumaon. The word Kumain is a direct derivative of Kumaoni.[4]

A group of Kumaoni women near Pithoragarh
  1. ^ Simons, Gary F; Fennig, Charles D, eds. (2018). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (21st ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
  2. ^ Trans-Himalayan[usurped]", Trans-Himalayan Linguistics 266 (2014): 11-40.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Geller was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Subba, Tanka Bahadur (1989). Dynamics of a hill society: in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788173041143.