Kumalu

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A language of Papua New Guinea

Alternate Names

Kumara

User Population

4,850 (2000 census).

Morobe province: Mumeng district.

Language Maps

Papua New Guinea, Map 15

Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Western Oceanic, North New Guinea, Huon Gulf, South, Hote-Buang, Buang, Mumeng

None known. In Mumeng group of related varieties. Some intelligibility with Dambi [dac].

SVO.

Also use Tok Pisin [tpi]. Used as L2 by Kapin [tbx].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Kumalu

Unwritten [Qaax].