Koireng language
Koireng | |
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Koren | |
Native to | India |
Region | Manipur |
Ethnicity | Koireng people |
Native speakers | 1,900 (2011)[1] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | nkd |
Glottolog | koir1240 |
ELP | Koireng |
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 </ref> spoken by the Koireng (or Koren) community. Koren are particularly close to Aimol, Purum and Kharam. 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.