| Uipo | |
|---|---|
| Khoibu | |
| Region | easternManipur |
| Ethnicity | Uipo |
Native speakers | 2,000 (2024)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | khoi1251 |
Uipo (also known by the exonymKhoibu) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by theKhoibu people inManipur, India. It is related to theTangkhulic languages. There are just under 2,000 speakers centered around the village of Kangshim in Manipur, located to the southeast ofImphal.[1]
Uipo is spoken in Khoibu Khullen, Khangshim, Nungourok, Salemram, Yamolching, Thalem, Biyang, and Khadungyon inChandel district and Thawai village inUkhrul district.[2][3]
In 2020, the Uipo language activist Mosyel Syelsaangthyel Khaling became the first Indian citizen to receive the Excellence in Community Linguistics Award of theLinguistic Society of America.[4]
Sino-Tibetan branches | |||||
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| WesternHimalayas (Himachal, Uttarakhand,Nepal,Sikkim) |
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| EasternHimalayas (Tibet,Bhutan,Arunachal) | |||||
| Myanmar and Indo- Burmese border |
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| East andSoutheast Asia |
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| Dubious (possible isolates,Arunachal) |
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