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'''Meitei script''' ({{lang-mni|Meitei Mayek}}) or '''Meetei script''' ({{lang-mni|Meetei Mayek}}) is an [[abugida]] used for [[Meitei language]] (officially known as [[Manipuri language]]),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Meitei-Mayek-script | title=Meitei Mayek script &#124; Britannica }}</ref> the sole [[official language]], the [[lingua franca]] and the predominantly spoken tongue of the [[States of India|Indian state]] of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/north-east-indian-linguistics/evolution-and-recent-development-of-the-meitei-mayek-script/756FF3459EB5EF21B8BCB4A917951327 | doi=10.1017/UPO9788175968875.004 | chapter=The Evolution and Recent Development of the Meitei Mayek Script | title=North East Indian Linguistics | year=2011 | last1=Singh | first1=Harimohon Thounaojam | pages=24–32 | isbn=9788175968875 }}</ref><ref>https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Meitei-Mayek-Alphabets_fig1_328718529</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://omniglot.com/writing/manipuri.htm | title=Manipuri language and alphabet }}</ref>
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== Gallery ==
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Meetei_alphabet_origin.jpg
Ancient_Meitei_Mayek_consonants.gif
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Ancient_Meitei_Mayek_vowels.gif
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== Meitei Script Media ==
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File:Yumbanlol (Yumpanlol) - a 6th century Classical Meitei language copper manuscript text - in Meetei script - works on sensuality & relationship between husbands & wives and how to run a household in Ancient Kangleipak civilisation state.jpg|Yumbanlol (Yumpanlol), a group of 6th century [[ancient Meitei language]] [[Indian copper plate inscriptions|copper plate inscriptions]], written in Meetei script.

File:ANDRO INSCRIBED STONE.jpg|A [[Meitei language]] stone inscription in Meitei script about a royal decree of a Meitei king found in the sacred site of God [[Panam Ningthou]] in [[Andro, Imphal East]], [[Manipur]].

File:Meithei manuscript, a Indian language.jpg|Meetei Mayek script

File:AMA Symbol of Meetei Sanamahism.jpg|Meitei letter "Ama" (lit. [[One]]) in the symbol of [[Sanamahism]] ([[traditional Meitei religion]])

File:A Typical Meitei Keyboard.jpg|A typical Meitei Mayek keyboard
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== Related pages ==
* [[Meitei numerals]]
== Sources ==
* https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=script_detail_sym&key=Mtei
== References ==
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{{List of writing systems}}

[[Category:Alphabets]]
[[Category:Brahmic scripts]]