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Meitei
মেইতেই
Spoken in: Northeast India, Bangladesh, Burma
Total speakers: 1,500,000+
1,466,705 in India (2001 census)
Language family: Sino-Tibetan
 Tibeto-Burman
  Meitei 
Writing system: Eastern Nagari, Meitei Mayek[1] 
Official status
Official language in: Flag of India India (Manipur)
Regulated by: no official regulation
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: mni
ISO 639-3: mni
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Meitei-lon (মেইতেই লোন্), also Meitei-lol (মেইতেই লোল্),pangal-lol and Manipuri (মনিপুরি) (and sometimes, the 19th century British term, Meithei (মেইথেই), which is the name of the people, not of the language), is the predominant language and lingua franca in the southeastern Himalayan state of Manipur, in northeastern India. A lingua franca (from Italian, literally meaning Frankish language, see etymology under Sabir and Italian below is any Language widely Manipur (mnipur in Meitei Mayek) is a state in northeastern India, making its capital in the city of India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country It is the official language in government offices. Meitei-lon is also spoken in the Indian states of Assam and Tripura, and in Bangladesh and Burma. India is a union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. Assam) ( Assamese: অসম Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur, a suburb of the city ( Bengali script: ত্রিপুরা is a state in North-East India. ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ inc-Latn Bangladesh) officially Burma, officially the Union of Myanmar ( pjìdàunzṵ mjàmmà nàinŋàndɔ̀ is the largest country by geographical area in mainland Southeast Asia.

Meitei-lon has proven to be a large integrating factor among all ethnic groups in Manipur who use it to communicate among themselves.

Meitei-lon has been recognized, as "Manipuri", by the Indian Union and has been included in the list of scheduled languages (included in the 8th schedule by the 71st amendment of the constitution in 1992). Meitei-lon is taught as a subject up to the post-graduate level (Ph. D. ) in Universities of India, apart from being a medium of instruction up to the undergraduate level in Manipur.

Although Meitei-lon is also called Manipuri, it should not be confused with the Indo-Aryan language known as Bishnupriya Manipuri also currently spoken in the state of Manipur. The Indo-Aryan languages (within the context of Indo-European studies also Indic) are a branch of the Indo-European language family The Bishnupriya or Bishnupriya Manipuri (BPM (ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী is an Indo-Aryan language

Contents

Sounds


Meitei is a tonal language. A tonal language is a language that uses tone to distinguish words

Grammar


Writing

Meitei-lon had its own script named Meitei-mayek, which was in use until the 18th century. Its earliest use is dated between the 11th and 12th centuries C. E. Subsequently, and particularly with the advent of British Rule in 1891, the Eastern Nagari script (commonly known as the Bengali script), was adopted and is being used today. The Eastern Nagari script (also known as the Eastern Neo-Brahmic script or the Purvi Script) is an Abugida system of writing The Bengali script ( Bengali: বাংলা লিপি Bangla lipi) is a variant of the Eastern Nagari script also used for Assamese and However, efforts are being made to revive the Meitei Mayek script. Meitei Mayek script (also Meithei Mayek, Meetei Mayek, Manipuri script) (Manipuri Meetei Mayek) is an Abugida that was used

There are some texts from the Maring and Limbu tribes of Manipur which were also written using Meitei Mayek.

See also

References

  1. ^ A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book - 1888 Assam Secretariat Press

Culture

Language

External links

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