Meitei language

Sino-Tibetan 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.[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
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Native toManipur, Assam and Tripura
Region India,
 Bangladesh,
 Myanmar,
 Canada
EthnicityMeitei ethnicity
Era1445 BC - present[2]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Burman
    • Indo-Mongolian
      • Meitei
Early form
Dialects
Meitei script,
Bengali alphabet and
Latin alphabet (to a lesser extent)
Official status
Official language in
 India[3][4][5]
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-2mni
ISO 639-3Either:
mni – Meetei
omp – Old Manipuri
omp Old Manipuri
Glottologmani1292
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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.[7][8]

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ReferencesEdit

  1. Moseley, C., ed. (2010). Atlas of the world's languages in danger (3rd ed). Paris: UNESCO Publishing.
  2. Meetei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Old Manipuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=MeiteiMayek.Manipuri_language_in_8th_Schedule_By_Jeet_Akoijam.html..
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://universalinstitutions.com/languages-added-in-the-8th-schedule-of-indian-constitution/
  5. 5.0 5.1 https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/languages-included-eighth-schedule-indian-constitution
  6. 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)
  7. "Google Translate gets support for 24 additional languages". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  8. "Google I/O 2022: Google Translate adds support for 24 new languages including 8 Indian languages". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2022-05-12.