| 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 aKuki-Chin-Mizo language spoken by the Koireng (orKoren) community. Koren are particularly close toAimol,Purum andKharam.[citation needed] The speakers of this language useMeitei language as theirsecond language (L2) according to theEthnologue.[2][3]
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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Italics indicates single languages that are also considered to be separate branches. | |||||