Koireng language
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India
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Koireng | |
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Koren | |
![]() Koireng written in Meitei script | |
Region | Manipur |
Ethnicity | Koireng people |
Native speakers | 1,900 (2011)[1] |
Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nkd |
Glottolog | koir1240 |
ELP | Koireng |
Koireng or Koren is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language spoken by Koireng people in Manipur, India. It is particularly close to Aimol, Purum and Kharam.[citation needed] The speakers of this language use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[2]
References
- ^ Koireng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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Sino-Tibetan branches
(Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim)
Greater Magaric |
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(Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal)
"Naga" | |
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Sal |
Burmo-Qiangic |
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(Arunachal)
Greater Siangic |
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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches.