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"Pick 'maroi mapang' (maroi is a generic name for green condiments used in cooking; mapang is a collocation which means more or less the same as the main word and do not exist independently). Bury the tubers and 'singnao'." [11] "Apangbaga phatabaga yumlonnei Asingbaga aphabaga keilonnei" "The fool and the bad are neighbours.
The Kohima Stone Inscription erected by Meitei King Gambhir Singh of Manipur Kingdom as the testimony of Meitei dominance in Nagaland [2]. After losing Meitei influence in the Naga hills for some time due to the Manipuri-Burmese military conflicts, Meitei King Raja Gambhir Singh (Meitei: ꯅꯤꯡꯊꯧ ꯒꯝꯚꯤꯔ ꯁꯤꯡꯍ), also known as Chinglen Nongdrenkhomba (Meitei ...
Manipuri is the official name of the language for the Indian government and is used by government institutions and non-Meitei authors. [38] The term Manipuri is also used to refer to the different languages of Manipur and to the people. [38] Additionally, Manipuri, being a loconym, can refer to anything pertaining to the Manipur state.
Folktales are called "funga wari" ("phunga wari"), literally meaning "stories of kitchen furnace or stove" in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In early times, in the Meitei households, children must have gathered around the kitchen fire, listening to the stories narrated by the elders. [ 1 ]
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 ...
Ougri (Meitei: ꯑꯧꯒ꯭ꯔꯤ), an Old Manipuri ritual song, was composed during the 1st century CE, and was sung mostly for the "destruction and ruination and also for prosperity" of the ancient Meitei society. [4] [5]: 13-14 Many scholars commented that this musical work existed even before the beginning of the Common Era. [4]: 329
Meitei script movement, also called Meetei script movement (sometimes also referred to as Manipuri script movement), is a series of cultural wars and campaigns, undertaken by various cultural and sociopolitical associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities, against the Government of Manipur and other authorities concerned, regarding the revivalism and the ...
The Manipuri Sahitya Parishad (Meitei: ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯁꯥꯍꯤꯇ꯭ꯌ ꯄꯔꯤꯁꯗ), which is a group working for the development of Meitei language and literature, has its branch office in Shillong, the capital of Meghalaya. It functions as one of the leading associations and organizations to promote the literary culture of the ...