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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 - presente18 |
| Language family | Sino-Tibetan
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| Early forms: | Ancient Meitei language
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| Dialects | |
| 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 |
Meitei (also known as Manipuri or Meetei) is the official language and the lingua franca of the Indian state of Manipur.[5] It is developed from the Ancient Meitei language. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.[2][4][3]
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References
- ↑ Moseley, C. (Editor) (2010). Atlas of the world's languages in danger (3rd ed). Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=MeiteiMayek.Manipuri_language_in_8th_Schedule_By_Jeet_Akoijam.html..
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://universalinstitutions.com/languages-added-in-the-8th-schedule-of-indian-constitution/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/languages-included-eighth-schedule-indian-constitution
- ↑ Khongbantabam Naobi Devi, Ph,D. "Origin and Development of the Meetei Language". Department of English, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamilnadu. http://rdmodernresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/120.pdf.
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