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Kaberamaido District
The Kumam people are a Nilotic ethnic group of about 349,000 living mainly in the western areas of Teso sub-region and the south-east of Lango sub-region.[1][2] The Kumam are an ethnic group of people found in Kaberamaido district, district in Eastern Uganda.[3][4] They share Soroti district with the Iteso and some parts of formerly Lira district with the Langi. In the Lango region, they are now found in Dokolo district which was detached from Lira District.[5] They are found at the shores of Lake Kyoga (Namasale). In Soroti district, they are found in Serere, Asuret, Kamuda, katine, Soroti city, Arapai as well as the outskirts of Soroti district neighboring Kaberamaido.[6][7]
They speak Kumam language similar to the language spoken by the Lango, with some Ateso vocabulary.[6]
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