Koireng language
Sino-Tibetan language spoken in India
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| Koireng | |
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| Koiren | |
 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 Koiren 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)
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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.
