Kumaoni

E169342

Kumaoni is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the Kumaon region of India’s Uttarakhand state, known for its rich oral traditions and distinct dialects.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Kumaoni canonical 10
Kumaonī 1
Kumauni 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language
natural language
belongsTo Central Pahari languages
closelyRelatedTo Garhwali
Hindi
Nepali
surface form: Nepali language
endangermentStatus vulnerable
family Indo-European language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasAlternativeName Kumaoni
surface form: Kumaonī

Kumaoni
surface form: Kumauni
hasDialects Askoti
Kumaon
surface form: Central Kumaoni

Danpur
Kumaon
surface form: Eastern Kumaoni

Gangoli
Johari
Kali Kumaoni
Rangloi
Sorya
Western Pahari
surface form: Western Kumaoni
hasFeature folk songs
folk tales
proverbs
rich oral tradition
hasGlottocode kuma1273
hasISO639-3Code kfy
hasMorphologicalFeature postpositions
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration
hasSyntacticFeature SOV word order
hasWritingSystem Devanagari script
languageOf Kumaon
surface form: Kumaon region
regionOfOrigin Central Himalayas
spokenBy Kumaoni people
spokenInCountry India
Nepal
spokenInDistrict Almora
surface form: Almora district

Bageshwar district
Champawat district
Nainital
surface form: Nainital district

Pithoragarh
surface form: Pithoragarh district

Udham Singh Nagar
surface form: Udham Singh Nagar district
spokenInRegion Kumaon
spokenInState Uttarakhand
subfamily Indo-Aryan languages
subgroup Northern Indo-Aryan languages
Pahari languages
usedFor daily communication
folk music
ritual songs
storytelling

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Uttarakhand regionalLanguage Kumaoni
Vidyapati ethnicGroup Kumaoni
this entity surface form: Maithil
Kumaon language Kumaoni
Kumaon majorLanguage Kumaoni
Hindi Belt includesLanguage Kumaoni
Garhwali closelyRelatedTo Kumaoni
Kumaoni hasAlternativeName Kumaoni
this entity surface form: Kumauni
Kumaoni hasAlternativeName Kumaoni
this entity surface form: Kumaonī
Haldwani regionalLanguage Kumaoni
Khatima languageSpoken Kumaoni
Chholiya hasLanguageContext Kumaoni
Bhailo songs language Kumaoni
Kausani languageSpoken Kumaoni