Koireng people
Indigenous people inhabiting Manipur, North-East India
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Ethnic group
"Koireng" written in Meitei script | |
Total population | |
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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 |
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.[citation needed] They use Meitei language as their second language (L2) according to the Ethnologue.[3]
References
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
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Ethnic groups of the Zo people and its clans
Zo people (Kuki-Chin-Mizo people)
- Anu
- Anun
- Cumtu
- Daai
- Dai Yindu
- Falam Sim
- Falam Khualsim
- Falam Zahau (Jahau)
- Falam Zanniat
- Gunte (Liante)
- Kaung Saing
- Kaungso
- Kebar
- Khawno
- Kwemyi
- Lai (Hakha Chin, Pawi)
- Laizao (Falam proper, Laizo, Pawi)
- Lautu (Lutuv)
- Mro
- Lhinbu
- Magun
- Malin
- Matu
- Kaang
- Mi-er
- Myanmar Mizos
- Ngawn
- Shö
- Panun
- Rawngtu (Welaung)
- Saing Zan
- Saline (Salai)
- Senthang
- Tedim (Zomi)
- Tawr (Torr)
- Yin Gog
- Zophei
- Zotung
Kuki | |
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Zomi |
- Aimol
- Anaal
- Angami
- Choroi Naga
- Chothe Naga
- Chiru Naga
- Bawm
- Kharam Naga
- Koireng Naga
- Kom
- Monsang Naga
- Moyon Naga
- Purum Naga
- Sorbung Tangkhul
- Tarao