Meitei language
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| Meitei | |
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| Manipuri | |
| ꯃꯦꯏꯇꯦꯏ ꯂꯣꯜ | |
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| Native to | Manipur, Assam and Tripura |
| Region |  India  Bangladesh  Myanmar |
| Ethnicity | Meitei ethnicity |
Native speakers | 1.8 million (2011)[1] to 1.5 million (2011 census)[2] |
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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] |
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| ISO 639-2 | mni |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:mni – Meeteiomp – Old Manipuri |
omp Old Manipuri | |
| Glottolog | mani1292 |
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| Scheduled Languages | |
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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.[5] It developed from the Old Meitei.[6][7][8] It is also one of the official languages of Assam.[9][10][11] It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.[3][4][12]
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.[13][14]
Meitei and Gujarati together are the third fastest growing languages of India, after Hindi and Kashmiri.[15]
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[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) - 1 2 "Manipuri language in 8th Schedule by Jeet Akoijam".
- 1 2 "Languages added in the 8th schedule of Indian Constitution". 11 April 2020.
- ↑ Khongbantabam Naobi Devi, Ph,D. "Origin and Development of the Meetei Language" (PDF). Department of English, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamilnadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 April 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Omp | ISO 639-3".
- ↑ http://multitree.org/codes/omp
- ↑ "OLAC resources in and about the Old Manipuri language". Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ↑ "Assam recognises Manipuri as associate official language in four districts". Hindustan Times. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ↑ PTI (2024-02-24). "Assam Cabinet gives nod to recognise Manipuri as associate official language in four districts". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ↑ "Assam Cabinet gives nod to recognise Manipuri as associate official language in four districts". The Indian Express. 2024-02-24. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
- ↑ "Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution | Department of Official Language | Ministry of Home Affairs | GoI".
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ R, Aishwaryaa (6 June 2019). "What census data reveals about use of Indian languages". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- General references
- Khelchandra Ningthoukhongjam Singh, History Of Old Manipuri Literature https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.466183
- Iboyaima Laithangbam, Banished Manipuri script stages a comeback, September 23, 2017 https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/banished-manipuri-script-stages-a-comeback/article19743482.ece
