| Uipo | |
| Also Known As: | Khoibu |
| Region: | eastern Manipur |
| Ethnicity: | Uipo |
| Speakers: | 2,000 |
| Date: | 2024 |
| Familycolor: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Fam2: | Tibeto-Burman |
| Fam3: | Central Tibeto-Burman (?) |
| Fam4: | Kuki-Chin–Naga |
| Fam5: | Tangkhul–Maring |
| Fam6: | Maringic |
| Iso: | nkb |
| Glotto: | khoi1251 |
| Glottorefname: | Khoibu |
Uipo (exonym: Khoibu) is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken by the Khoibu people in Manipur, India. It is related to the Tangkhulic languages. There are just under 2,000 speakers centered around the village of Kangshim in Manipur, located to the southeast of Imphal.[1]
Uipo, also known by the exonym Khoibu,[2] is spoken in Khoibu, Narum, Saibol, and Yangkhul villages of Chandel District (Ethnologue).
In 2020, Uipo language activist Mr. Mosyel Syelsaangthyel Khaling became the first Indian citizen to receive the Excellence in Community Linguistics Award of the Linguistic Society of America.[3]