Meitei language
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Manipuri edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| Meitei | |
|---|---|
| Manipuri, Meithei, Meetei, Kathe, Monipuriya, Mekhlee, Mogolu | |
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| Native to | Manipur, Assam and Tripura |
| Region |  India,  Bangladesh,  Myanmar,  Canada |
| Ethnicity | Meitei ethnicity |
| Era | 1445 BC - present[2] |
Sino-Tibetan
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Early form | |
| Dialects | |
| Meitei script, Bengali alphabet and Latin alphabet (to a lesser extent) | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India[3][4][5] |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | mni |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: mni – Meetei omp – Old Manipuri |
omp Old Manipuri | |
| Glottolog | mani1292 |
Meitei (also known as Manipuri or Meetei) is the official language and the lingua franca of the Indian state of Manipur.[6] It is developed from the Ancient Meitei language. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.[3][5][4]
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- ↑ Moseley, C. (Editor) (2010). Atlas of the world's languages in danger (3rd ed). Paris: UNESCO Publishing.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ↑ Meetei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
Old Manipuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=MeiteiMayek.Manipuri_language_in_8th_Schedule_By_Jeet_Akoijam.html..
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://universalinstitutions.com/languages-added-in-the-8th-schedule-of-indian-constitution/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/languages-included-eighth-schedule-indian-constitution
- ↑ Khongbantabam Naobi Devi, Ph,D. "Origin and Development of the Meetei Language" (PDF). Department of English, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamilnadu. Retrieved 19 July 2017.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
