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Kuman (also Simbu or Chimbu) is a language of Simbu Province Papua New Guinea. In 1994 it was estimated that 80000 people spoke Kuman 10000 of them monolinguals; in the 2000 census 115000 were reported with few monolinguals.Like other Chimbu languages Kuman has rather unusual lateral consonants. Besides the typical /l/ it has a laterally released velar affricate which is voiced medially and voiceless finally (and does not occur initially).