Koireng people
The Koireng people are one of the indigenous peoples inhabiting Manipur in North-East India. They have a shared common ancestry, history, cultural traits, folklore and dialects with their kindred people like Aimol and Kom. They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[2]
 "Koireng" written in Meitei script | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2600 (2011 census) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Languages | |
| Koireng language (L1) Meitei language (L2)[1] | |
| Religion | |
| Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Meitei people, Aimol, Kom ,Ranglong |
References
- "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- "Meitei | Ethnologue". Ethnologue. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
Bibliography
- Shakespear, J. (1909) 'The Kuki–Lushai Clans.' The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. 39 (Jul., 1909), pp. 371–385
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131107225208/http://censusindia.gov.in/Tables_Published/SCST/ST%20Lists.pdf
- http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php
- Shakespear, J. (1922) Tangkhul Folk Tales and Notes on Some Festivals of the Hill Tribes South of Assam. 14 pp.
- McCulloch/ Major W., 'Account of the valley of Munnipore and of the Hill Tribes'. Selections from the Records of the Government of India, No. 27 (Calcutta) 1859
- Grierson, G. A. (Ed.) (1904b). Tibeto-Burman Family: Specimens of the Kuki-Chin and Burma Groups, # Volume III Part III of Linguistic Survey of India. Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta.
- Ethnic Races of Manipur
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