Koireng people explained

Group:	Koren (Koireng)
Population:	2600 (2011 census)
Languages:	Koireng language (L1) Meitei language (L2)^[1]
Religions:	Christianity
Related:	Meitei people, Aimol, Kom, Ranglong

The Koireng people are one of the ethnic groups inhabiting Manipur in North-East India. They speak the [Koireng language]. They are mentioned in the Meitei royal chronicle Cheitharol Kumbaba in the year 1404, one of the oldest tribes to be so mentioned.^[2] 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.^[3]

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
• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Meitei Ethnologue . 2023-05-03 . . en.
2. https://ukhrultimes.com/kuki-research-forum-kurf-on-objective-historical-position-of-the-kukis-in-manipur/ Kuki Research Forum on objective historical position of the Kukis in Manipur
3. Web site: Meitei Ethnologue . 2023-05-03 . . en.