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Kumaoni people
Ethnolinguistic group of India and Nepal / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kumaonis, also known as Kumaiye and Kumain (in Nepal),[3] are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group who speak Kumaoni as their first-language and live mostly in Kumaon division in the state of Uttarakhand in India and parts of the Sudurpashchim Province in far western Nepal[citation needed].
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Quick Facts कुमाऊंनी, कुमयी, Regions with significant populations ...
कुमाऊंनी, कुमयी | |
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![]() Traditional Kuamoni wedding ritual | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 2.2 million* (2011 census)[1] |
![]() | 273,000[citation needed] |
Languages | |
Kumaoni | |
Religion | |
Majority![]() 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. |
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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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