Kumaoni language | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-17

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Kumaoni language


00:01:22 1 Dialects of the Kumaoni language
00:03:18 2 Grammar
00:04:50 2.1 Verb conjugation
00:05:05 2.1.1 Present tense
00:05:15 2.1.2 Past tense
00:05:25 2.1.3 Future tense
00:05:34 3 Example short phrases
00:05:44 4 Kumaoni literature
00:06:07 5 Media and art
00:06:16 5.1 Films
00:07:06 5.2 Theatre
00:08:26 5.3 Folk music
00:11:14 5.4 Radio
00:12:50 6 See also



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The Kumaoni language is a Central Pahari language.
Kumaoni was spoken by over 2,360,000 (1998) people but it decreased to 2,011,286 (2011) in Uttarakhand, primarily in districts Almora, Nainital, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Champawat, Udham Singh Nagar as well as in areas of Himachal Pradesh and Nepal. It is also spoken by Kumaonis resident in other Indian states; Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh.The Central Pahari languages include Kumaoni and Garhwali (spoken in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand). Kumaoni, like Garhwali, has many regional dialects spoken in different places in Uttarakhand. Amongst its dialects, the Central Kumauni is spoken in Almora and northern Nainital, Northeastern Kumauni is in Pithoragarh, Southeastern Kumauni is in Southeastern Nainital, Western Kumauni is west of Almora and Nainital.Almost all people who can speak and understand Kumaoni can also speak and understand Hindi, one of the official languages of India. Due to a number of reasons (including the predominance of Hindi), the use of Kumaoni is shrinking very rapidly. UNESCO’s Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger designates Kumaoni as language in the unsafe category and which requires consistent conservation efforts.