Koireng language
(Redirected from Koren language)
| Koireng | |
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| Koren | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Koireng people |
Native speakers | 1,900 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | nkd |
| Glottolog | koir1240 |
| ELP | Koireng |
Koireng is a Kuki-Chin-Mizo language spoken by the Koireng (or Koren) community. Koren are 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][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Koireng at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ Thurgood, Graham (2016), "Sino-Tibetan: Genetic and Areal Subgroups", in Graham Thurgood; Randy J. LaPolla (eds.), The Sino-Tibetan Languages (2 ed.), Taylor & Francis, p. 22, ISBN 9781315399492
- ^ "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| Western Himalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand, Nepal, Sikkim) |
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| Eastern Himalayas (Tibet, Bhutan, Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East and Southeast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates, Arunachal) |
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| Proto-languages | |||||
Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||