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Kumaonis
कुमाऊंनी, कुमयी
A Kumaoni man on Naini lake, Nainital City, Kumaon c. 2007
Regions with significant populations
India (Kumaon)
2.2 million* (2011 census)[1]
Nepal (Doti)
273,000[citation needed]
Languages
Kumaoni
Religion
Majority Hinduism
Minority
Buddhism
[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.
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].
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]
^Simons, Gary F; Fennig, Charles D, eds. (2018). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (21st ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
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