Meitei 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.[5] It is developed from the Ancient Meitei language. It is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of India.[2][3][4]

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Meitei
Manipuri, Meithei, Meetei, Kathe, Monipuriya, Mekhlee, Mogolu
Native toManipur, Assam and Tripura
Region India,
 Bangladesh,
 Myanmar,
 Canada
EthnicityMeitei ethnicity
Era1445 BC - present[1]
Sino-Tibetan
  • Tibeto-Burman
    • Meitei
Early form
Dialects
  • Standard Meitei language
  • Chakpa
  • Phayeng
  • Sekmai
  • Meitei Pangal dialect
Meitei script,
Bengali alphabet and
Latin alphabet (to a lesser extent)
Official status
Official language in
 India[2][3][4]
Recognised minority
language in
Language codes
ISO 639-2mni
ISO 639-3Either:
mni – Meetei
omp – Old Manipuri
Linguist List
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.[6][7]

References
  1. Meetei at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
    Old Manipuri at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. "Manipuri language in 8th Schedule by Jeet Akoijam".
  3. "Languages added in the 8th schedule of Indian Constitution". 11 April 2020.
  4. "Languages Included in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution | Department of Official Language | Ministry of Home Affairs | GoI".
  5. 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)
  6. "Google Translate gets support for 24 additional languages". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  7. "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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