Koireng language

Koireng
Koireng
Koren
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Koireng people
Native speakers	1,900 (2011)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Kuki-Chin-Mizo Kuki-Chin Northwestern Koireng; ; ; ; ;
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

^ 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.