Kumaoni language
| Kumaoni | |
|---|---|
| कुमाऊँनी | |
The word "Kumaoni" written in Kuamoni-Devanagari script | |
| Pronunciation | [kuːmaːʊ̃ːniː] |
| Native to | India |
| Region | |
| Ethnicity | Kumaoni |
Native speakers | 2.2 million (2011 census) |
| Devanagari (Kumaoni alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | kfy |
| Glottolog | kuma1273 |
Kumaoni language speakers in India (2011 census) | |
Kumaoni (Kumaoni-Devanagari: कुमाऊँनी, pronounced [kuːmaːʊ̃ːniː]) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by over two million people of the Kumaon region of the state of Uttarakhand in northern India and parts of Doti region in Western Nepal. As per 1961 survey there were 1,030,254 Kumaoni speakers in India. The number of speakers increased to 2.2 million in 2011.
Kumaoni is not endangered but UNESCO's Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger designates it as a language in the unsafe category, meaning it requires consistent conservation efforts.
Wiktionary has a category on Kumaoni language.