Meitei language

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 is developed from the Ancient Meitei language. It is also one of the official languages of Assam.^[6][7][8] It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.^[2][3][4]

Meitei
Manipuri
ꯃꯦꯏꯇꯦꯏ ꯂꯣꯜ
Native to	Manipur, Assam and Tripura
Region	India,  Bangladesh,  Myanmar,  Canada
Ethnicity	Meitei ethnicity
Era	1445 BC - present[1]
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Meitei
Early form	Ancient Meitei language
Dialects	Standard Meitei language Chakpa Phayeng Sekmai Meitei Pangal dialect
Writing system	Meitei script, Bengali alphabet and Latin alphabet (to a lesser extent)
Official status
Official language in	India[2][3][4]
Recognised minority language in	Bangladesh  Myanmar
Language codes
ISO 639-2	mni
ISO 639-3	Either: mni – Meetei omp – Old Manipuri
Linguist List	omp Old Manipuri
Glottolog	mani1292

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Constitutionally recognised languages of India
Category
Scheduled Languages
A Assamese B Bengali Bodo D Dogri G Gujarati H Hindi K Kannada Kashmiri Konkani M Maithili Malayalam Marathi Meitei (Manipuri) N Nepali O Odia (Oriya) P Punjabi S Sanskrit Santali Sindhi T Tamil Telugu U Urdu
Related
Official languages of India Languages with official status in India

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.^[9][10]

Related pages

• Meitei Wikipedia
• Meitei literature