Kumam dialect

Kumam is a language of the Southern Lwoo group spoken by the Kumam people of Uganda. It is estimated that the Kumam dialect has 82 percent lexical similarity with the Acholi dialect, 81 percent with the Lango dialect.

Kumam
Ikokolemu
Native toUganda
RegionTeso District
EthnicityKumam people
Native speakers
270,000 (2014 census)
Nilo-Saharan?
  • Eastern Sudanic
    • Nilotic
      • Western Nilotic
        • Luo
          • Southern Luo
            • Lango–Kumam
              • Kumam
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdi
Glottologkuma1275
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