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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]
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