Kumam dialect

Kumam
Ikokolemu
Native toUganda
RegionKaberamaido District
EthnicityKumam people
Native speakers
270,000 (2014 census)
Language codes
ISO 639-3kdi
Glottologkuma1275

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, and 81 percent with the Lango dialect.