The Kumam are a people of about 150,000 living mainly in Kaberamaido district as well as the western areas of Teso sub-region and the south-east of Lango sub-region in Uganda. The Iteso (people of Teso) are the second largest ethnic group in Uganda. ... The Lango (aka Langi) people live in the central area of Uganda, north of Lake Kyoga. ...
The Kumam speak a Luo language similar to Lango, with some Teso vocabulary. The Luo (also Lwo) live in an area that stretches from the south of Sudan, through Northern Uganda and Eastern Congo (DRC), into Western Kenya, and ending in the upper tip of Tanzania. ... The Lango (aka Langi) people live in the central area of Uganda, north of Lake Kyoga. ... The Iteso (people of Teso) are the second largest ethnic group in Uganda. ...
Kumam traditions say they were part of the Teso people. They probably lost their Eastern Nilotic language (Ateker) and took up a Western Nilotic language (Luo) spoken by their Lango and Acholi neighbours; due to prolonged contact and intermarriages. The Iteso (people of Teso) are the second largest ethnic group in Uganda. ... The Eastern Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, themselves belonging to the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo-Saharan; they are believed to have begun to diverge about 3,000 years ago, and have spread southwards from an original home in Equatoria in the... The Western Nilotic languages are one of the three primary branches of the Nilotic languages, themselves belonging to the Eastern Sudanic subfamily of Nilo-Saharan. ... The Lango (aka Langi) people live in the central area of Uganda, north of Lake Kyoga. ... Acholiland, Uganda The Acholi are an ethnolinguistic group of the upper Nile valley dwelling on the east bank of the White Nile, about a hundred miles north of Lake Albert . ...
The Kumam belong to the Atekerin family together with the Langi, the Iteso and the Karimojong.
Historians claim that the Kumam came from the north-east in the direction of Ethiopia from around A.D. It is further asserted that they derived from people who were originally Ateso speakers and who later learnt Lwo.
This means that the Kumam are a mixture of Luo and the Atekerin possibly as a result of intermarriages between the Luo and Ateker-speaking peoples.
The Kumam (also known as Ikumama, Ikokolemu and Akokolemu) are a Ugandan ethnic group of about 150,000 living mainly in Kaberamaido district as well as the western areas of Teso sub-region, and the south-east of Lira District.
They speak a Luo language similar to the language spoken by the Lango, with some Iteso vocabulary.
Kumam traditions say are part of the Iteso people.
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