Meitei language
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| Meitei | |
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| 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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| Meitei script, Bengali alphabet and Latin alphabet (to a lesser extent) | |
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Official language in | India[3][4][5] |
Recognised minority language in | |
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| ISO 639-2 | mni |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: mni – Meetei omp – Old Manipuri |
omp Old Manipuri | |
| Glottolog | mani1292 |
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Meitei language, officially known as Manipuri language, is the official language, the lingua franca and the most widely spoken language of the Indian state of Manipur.[6] It is developed from the Ancient Meitei language. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.[3][4][5]
On 11th May of 2022, Meitei language was supported by Google Translate among 8 newly added Indian languages out of 24 total newly added languages at the same time.[7][8]
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References[change | change source]
- ↑ Moseley, C., ed. (2010). Atlas of the world's languages in danger (3rd ed). Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
- ↑ 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.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Google Translate gets support for 24 additional languages". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ↑ "Google I/O 2022: Google Translate adds support for 24 new languages including 8 Indian languages". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
