Uipo language

Uipo
Khoibu
Regioneastern Manipur
EthnicityUipo
Native speakers
2,000 (2024)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologkhoi1251
A Khoibu speaker recorded in India.

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]

Distribution

Uipo, also known by the exonym Khoibu,[2] is spoken in Khoibu, Narum, Saibol, and Yangkhul villages of Chandel District (Ethnologue).

Community research

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]

References

  1. ^ a b Schumann, Freya (2024). Situating Uipo: evidence from stem alternations. SEALS 33 (33rd Annual Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistic Society). Taipei.
  2. ^ SCHUMANN, Freya. 2023. Uipo tonology. 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium, 4-6 September 2023. Paris: INALCO.
  3. ^ "Uipo Language Activist to Receive 2020 Excellence in Community Linguistics Award". Retrieved 10 June 2020.


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