Kumalu

KSL

vigorous

Alternate Names: Kumara

Dialects: None known. In Mumeng group of related varieties. Some intelligibility with Dambi ,.

Genealogy:

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

Demographics: 2,580 (1979 census).

Language Use: Used as L2 by Kapin [tbx].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 15%–25%. Literacy rate in L2: 25%–50%.

Typology: SVO.

Nation of Origin: Papua New Guinea