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Kuman Language (other)
Kuman language can refer to three different languages: * Kuman language (Uganda), a Western Nilotic language spoken in Uganda * Kuman language (New Guinea) 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; in the 2000 census, 115,000 were reported, with few monolinguals. ''Ethnologue ..., Chimbu, spoken in Papua New Guinea * Cuman language, an extinct Turkic language once spoken by the Cumans in the steppes of Eastern Europe {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuman Language (Uganda)
Kumam is not a Luo (also spelled LWO) dialect of Uganda although past linguists have wrongly grouped it under Luo languages. It is rather an Ateker language mixed with Luo vocabularies spoken by the Kumam people of Uganda. It is estimated that Kumam dialect has 82 percent lexical similarity with Acholi dialect, 81 percent with Langi dialect and 20 percent with Teso language. However, these are often counted as separate languages despite common ethnic origins due to linguistic shift occasioned by geographical movement. Kumam is widely spoken in the Ugandan districts of Kaberamaidokalaki] orotiand Dokolo. The alphabet There are twenty two letters in the Kumam alphabet F,H,Q,V,H,X and Z are not used and η and NY are added. F,H,Q,V,H,X,Z only appear in loan words. The pronunciation guides that follow are for practice only; the correct sounds can only be learned by practice from a teacher or an audio media. There are five vowels in Kumam The Kumam are a Nilo-Hamitic ethnic gro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuman Language (New Guinea)
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; in the 2000 census, 115,000 were reported, with few monolinguals. '' Ethnologue'' also reported 70,000 second language speakers in 2021. Phonology Like other Chimbu languages, Kuman has rather unusual lateral consonants. Besides the typical , it has a "laterally released velar affricate" which is voiced medially and voiceless finally (and does not occur initially). Based on related languages, this is presumably , allophonically (see voiceless velar lateral fricative). Consonants * Voiced plosives are usually prenasal, but may fluctuate in word-initial position as ordinary voiced stops . * Voiceless stops are always aspirated in word-initial position. * only occurs word-medially and word-finally. In word-final position it is heard as a trill . * can be pronounced as , in word-initial position. * can be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |