Kumhali language

{{Short description|Indo-Aryan language of Nepal}}

{{Distinguish|text=the Kurmali language}}

{{Infobox language

| name = Kumhali

| altname =

| nativename =

| states = Nepal

| region =

| pushpin_map = South Asia

| coordinates = {{coords|27.83|84.14}}

| ethnicity = Kumal

| speakers = {{sigfig|12,222|2}}

| date = 2011 census

| ref = e25

| familycolor = Indo-European

| fam2 = Indo-Iranian

| fam3 = Indo-Aryan

| fam4 = Eastern

| fam5 = Bihari

| iso3 = kra

| glotto = kumh1238

| glottorefname = Kumhali

| fam6 = (unclassified)

}}

Kumhali, Kumali, or Kumbale, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by some of the Kumal people of Nepal. It has {{sigfig|12,222|2}} speakers, out of an ethnic population of 121,000.{{Cite book|author=Government of Nepal. National Planning Commission Secretariat. Central Bureau of Statistics |title=National Population and Housing Census 2011 (National Report)|year=2012 |location=Kathmandu |url=http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/National%20Report.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130418041642/http://cbs.gov.np/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/National%20Report.pdf |archivedate=2013-04-18|pages=144, 164 }}