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The section 3 of The Manipur Official Language Act, 1979 (Manipur Act 14 Of 1979) explains the official language status of the state as follows: [2] [3] 3. (1) Subject to the provision of section 7, Manipuri language shall, on and from the commencement of this Act, be the language used in respect of all or any of the official purposes of the State.
A spearheading social organization, "MEELAL" (Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup) demanded the Government of Manipur that there should be state language departments other than Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation (DLPI) and the concerned authorities should first work on the development and the promotion of Manipur's ...
Beginning in 2021, the Government of Manipur began to use the Meitei alongside the Bengali-Assamese script, per the Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021. [10] Since Meitei does not have voiced consonants, there are only fifteen consonant letters used for native words, plus three letters for pure vowels. Nine additional consonants ...
The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021 (Manipur Act No. 7 of 2021) was declared, in which Meitei script was given the official script status by the Government of Manipur. [52] The act states the following: "Manipuri Language" means Meeteilon written in Meetei Mayek and spoken by the majority of Manipur population: Provided that the ...
All Manipuri language newspapers will be using the Meitei script (Meitei: Meetei Mayek) instead of Bengali script from 15 January 2023; 2 years ago (), according to a joint meeting consensus of the "Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup" (MEELAL), "All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union" (AMWJU) and "Editors' Guild Manipur" (EGM) in Imphal.
Khelchandra Singh wrote in Meitei and English and is known to have published over 30 books. [2] Manipuri to Manipuri and English Dictionary, published in 1964, is reported to be the first modern general dictionary in Meitei language. Another book of linguistics he wrote is Manipuri Language-Status and Importance, which was published in 1975. [7]
[1] [1]: 304 Historically, it is the first written constitution, [2] and one of the well recorded Ancient Meitei language texts of the kingdom. [3] It was replaced by the Manipur State Constitution Act 1947, that was functional until Manipur was merged into Republic of India on October 15, 1949. [4]
Manipuri Literary and Cultural Forum, Tripura (Meitei: ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯤꯇꯔꯦꯔꯤ ꯑꯦꯟꯗ ꯀꯜꯆꯔꯦꯜ ꯐꯣꯔꯝ ꯇ꯭ꯔꯤꯄꯨꯔꯥ) is a group that works for the development of Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language), its literature and culture in the Indian state of Tripura and other Manipuri populated areas.