Ancient Meitei language
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Ancient Meitei or Old Manipuri was the early form of the present day Meitei language (Manipuri language) and was the national language of Ancient Manipur.[2][3][4] The language is as old as the reign of Emperor "Tangja Leela Pakhangba" in Ancient Manipur, right from 1445 BC,[5][6] and was spoken upto the beginning of the Medieval Manipur.[6]
| Ancient Meitei | |
|---|---|
| Old Manipuri ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ | |
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| Region | Ancient Manipur |
| Ethnicity | Meitei people |
| Era | Ancient Manipure18 |
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Writing system | Meitei script[1] |
| Official status | |
| Official language in | Ancient Manipur |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | omp |
| Linguist List | omp Old Manipuri |
Gallery
- Wakching.jpg
- A picture of a Puya (ancient Meitei text).jpg
- A picture of pages of Wakoklon Puya.jpg
Ancient Meitei Language Media
- 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 Classical Meitei language copper plate inscriptions, written in Meitei script.
- The first page of Loyumba Silyen (Loiyumpa Silyel) - 11th-12th century Classical Meitei language Constitution of the then Kangleipak civilisation state - in traditional Meetei Mayek writing system (Manipur State Archives).jpg
The first page of Loyumba Shinyen, the 11th-12th century Meitei-language constitution of Kangleipak.
- ANDRO INSCRIBED STONE.jpg
An 1822 CE stone recording a royal decree attributed to King Jai Singh (r. 1759–1762, 1763–1798), erected at Andro, Imphal East, Manipur
- Map of Barak Valley.jpg
Districts of Barak Valley – Meitei speaking population settlement areas of Assam
Areas with significany numbers of Meitei speakers in Bangladesh
- Depiction of the Puya Mei Thaba (Burning of the Meitei texts) ordered by Meitei King Pamheiba (AKA Garib Niwaj or Gopal Singh) under the influence of Bengali Hindu missionary Shantidas Gosai (AKA Shantidas Goswami or Shantidas Adhikari).jpg
Depiction of the 18th century historic burning of texts written in Meitei script.
- The classical Meitei epic of the "Numit Kappa", written in ancient Meitei language (in archaic Meitei script).jpg
The Numit Kappa, a Classical Meitei 1st century epic based on Meitei mythology and religion.
- Google Translate - English to Meiteilon (Manipuri) - "What is your name?" - Screenshot.jpg
A screen shot of Google Translate translating a sentence from English language into Meitei language
Related pages
References
- ↑ Primrose, Arthur John (1888). A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence. Assam Secretariat Press. p. 1.
- ↑ "OLAC resources in and about the Old Manipuri language". Archived from the original on 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- ↑ "Omp | ISO 639-3".
- ↑ http://multitree.org/codes/omp
- ↑ "Meitei Kings".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 KanglaOnline. "Manipuri is a classical language | KanglaOnline". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- 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