Kuman language (New Guinea)

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Kuman
Spoken in:	Papua New Guinea
Region:	Simbu Province, from Kundiawa to beyond Kerowagi in the west and Gembogl in the north, at the foot of Mount Wilhelm
Total speakers:	70,000
Language family:	Trans-New Guinea Chimbu-Wahgi Chimbu Kuman
Language codes
ISO 639-1:	none
ISO 639-2:	`paa`
ISO/FDIS 639-3:	`kue`
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Kuman is a language of the East New Guinea Highlands in Papua New Guinea.

1 Geographic distribution
2 Sounds
- 2.1 Vowels
- 2.2 Consonants
3 Grammar
4 Writing system
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Geographic distribution

Kuman is spoken in Simbu Province Papua New Guinea. It currently has about 120,000 speakers.

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[edit] Sounds

[edit] Vowels

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[edit] Consonants

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[edit] Grammar

Kuman is an SOV language.

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[edit] Writing system

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[edit] References

Hardie, Peter. 2003. Is Kuman Tonal? An account of basic segmental and tonological structure in the Papuan language Kuman. MA thesis: Australian National University