The Koireng people are one of the indigenous peoples inhabiting
Manipur
Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of Myanm ...
in North-East India. They have a shared common ancestry, history, cultural traits, folklore and dialects with their kindred people like
Aimol
The Aimol people are an ethnic group living mainly in Manipur and in parts of Mizoram, Tripura,Nagaland
Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the no ...
,
Ranglong and
Kom
Kom or KOM may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Kom people (Afghanistan), a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan
* Kom people (Cameroon), an ethnic group of northwest Cameroon
* Kom people (India) a subgroup of the Kuki in north-eastern India
* ...
.
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
* http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php
* 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
{{Hill tribes of Northeast India
Scheduled Tribes of Manipur
Meitei as a second or foreign language
Kuki tribes