Meitei language

Sino-Tibetan language

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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.^[6] It is developed from the Ancient Meitei language. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Meitei
Manipuri, Meithei, Meetei, Kathe, Monipuriya, Mekhlee, Mogolu

Native to	Manipur, Assam and Tripura
Region	India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Canada
Ethnicity	Meitei ethnicity
Era	1445 BC - present^[2]
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^[3]^[4]^[5]
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

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.^[7]^[8]

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↑ 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)
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Manipuri language in 8th Schedule by Jeet Akoijam".
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Languages added in the 8th schedule of Indian Constitution". 11 April 2020.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 "Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution | Department of Official Language | Ministry of Home Affairs | GoI".
↑ Khongbantabam Naobi Devi, Ph,D. "Origin and Development of the Meetei Language" (PDF). Department of English, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamilnadu. Retrieved 19 July 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ "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.

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