Meitei
Manipuri, Meitheilon, Meeteilon, Kathe
ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ
Meitei language written in Meitei script.svg
Region Northeast India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
Ethnicity Meitei and Pangal
Speakers
1.76 million L1 speakers
Family
Early Forms
Ancient Meitei
(1445 BC – 17th cent. AD)
  • Medieval Meitei (18th – 19th cent. AD)
Dialects
    • Standard Meitei
    • Pangal
    • Sekmai
    • Andro
    • Kakching
    • Khurkhul
    • Moirang
    • Phayeng
Writing
AreaManipur; Assam, Cachar, Karimganji; Nagaland; Tripura, West and North Tripura districts; Uttar Pradesh; West Bengal. Also in Bangladesh, Myanmar.
Language Sites
ISO 639-2 mni
ISO 639-3 Either:
mni – Meiteilon
omp – Old Manipuri
Linguistic
omp Old Manipuri
Glottolog mani1292
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