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    Jesse Ventura

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

    Uipo (also known by the 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 is spoken in Khoibu Khullen, Khangshim, Nungourok, Salemram, Yamolching, Thalem, Biyang, and Khadungyon in Chandel district and Thawai village in Ukhrul district.[2][3]

    Community research

    In 2020, the Uipo language activist Mosyel Syelsaangthyel Khaling became the first Indian citizen to receive the Excellence in Community Linguistics Award of the Linguistic Society of America.[4]

    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 (4–6 September 2023). "Uipo tonology". 26th Himalayan Languages Symposium. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
    3. ^ "UNESCO misfires again : Khoibu dialect not on endangered list". Imphal: The Sangai Express. 5 September 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
    4. ^ "Uipo Language Activist to Receive 2020 Excellence in Community Linguistics Award". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uipo_language

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