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{{Short description|Indigenous people inhabiting Manipur, North-East India}}
{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox Ethnic group
|group = Koren (Koireng)
|image = "Koireng" written in Meitei script.jpg
|caption = "Koireng" written in [[Meitei script]]
|population = 2600 (2011 census)
|region1 = {{flag|India}}
|pop1 =
|ref1 =
|languages = [[Koireng language]] ([[first language|L1]]) <br /> [[Meitei language]] ([[second language|L2]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meitei {{!}} Ethnologue |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Ethnologue]] |language=en}}</ref>
|religions = [[File:Christian cross.svg|13px]] [[Christianity]]<ref>{{cite web |title=An Anthropological Study of the Feast of Merit Among the Koireng Tribe, Manipur |url=https://www.ijssr.com/wp-content/uploads/journal/published_paper/volume-2/issue-3/IJSSR30392.pdf |website=ijssr.cpm |access-date=17 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250616071244/https://www.ijssr.com/wp-content/uploads/journal/published_paper/volume-2/issue-3/IJSSR30392.pdf |archive-date=16 June 2025}}</ref>
|related = [[Mizo people|Mizo]], [[Aimol]], [[Kom (India)|Kom]], [[Ranglong]]
|footnotes =
}}
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.<ref>[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], Ukhrul Times, 25 May 2022.</ref> They have a shared common ancestry, history, cultural traits, folklore and dialects with their kindred people like [[Aimol people|Aimol]] and [[Kom people (India)|Kom]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Koireng tribe finally has the New Testament in their heart language |url=https://www.bsind.org/the_koireng_tribe/ |website=bsind.org |access-date=17 March 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519180236/https://www.bsind.org/the_koireng_tribe/ |archive-date=19 May 2023}}</ref>
They use [[Meitei language]] as their [[second language]] (L2) according to the [[Ethnologue]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meitei {{!}} Ethnologue |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=[[Ethnologue]] |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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== 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.
* [http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Ethnic_Races_Manipur.Ethnic_Races_Sanathong.KOIRENG Ethnic Races of Manipur]

{{Kuki-Chin-Mizo tribes}}
{{Hill tribes of Northeast India}}

[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Manipur]]
[[Category:Kuki tribes]]

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JacksonKuester2 at 22:44, 17 March 2026