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Meitei Language Movements
Meitei may refer to: * Meitei people, of Manipur, India **Meitei language Meitei (), also known as Manipuri (, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of north-eastern India. It is spoken by around 1.8 million people, predominantly in the state of Manipur, but also by smaller communities in the rest of the country and in pa ... ** Meitei script ** Meitei architecture * Denechandra Meitei (born 1994), Indian footballer * Loken Meitei (born 1997), Indian footballer * Ningombam Bupenda Meitei (born 1987), Indian writer * Romi Meitei, Indian film director * Waikhom Gojen Meitei, Indian poet and educationist {{Disambiguation, surname Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meitei People
The Meitei people, also known as the Manipuri people,P.20: "historically, academically and conventionally Manipuri prominently refers to the Meetei people."P.24: "For the Meeteis, Manipuris comprise Meeteis, Lois, Kukis, Nagas and Pangal." is the predominant ethnic group of Manipur in Northeast India. They speak Meitei language (officially called Manipuri), one of the 22 official languages of the Indian Republic and the sole official language of Manipur. The Meiteis primarily settled in the Imphal Valley region in modern-day Manipur, though a sizable population has settled in the other Indian states of Assam, Tripura, Nagaland, Meghalaya, and Mizoram. There is also a notable presence of Meitei in the neighboring countries of Myanmar and Bangladesh. The Meitei ethnic group represents about 53% of Manipur's population.Khomdan Singh Lisam, ''Encyclopaedia Of Manipur'', , pp. 322–347 Endonyms and exonyms The Meitei are known by a number of endonyms, ''Meitei'', ''Meetei'', ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meitei Language
Meitei (), also known as Manipuri (, ), is a Tibeto-Burman language of north-eastern India. It is spoken by around 1.8 million people, predominantly in the state of Manipur, but also by smaller communities in the rest of the country and in parts of neighbouring Myanmar and Bangladesh. It is native to the Meitei people, and within Manipur it serves as an official language and a lingua franca. It was used as a court language in the historic Manipur Kingdom and is presently included among the 22 Scheduled languages of India, scheduled languages of India. Meitei is a Tone (linguistics), tonal language whose exact classification within Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan remains unclear. It has lexical resemblances to Kuki language, Kuki and Tangkhul language, Tangkhul. Meitei is the List of languages by number of native speakers in India#List of languages by number of native speakers, most widely spoken Indian Sino-Tibetan languages, Sino-Tibetan language and the most spoken la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meitei Script
) , altname = , type = Abugida , languages = Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) , region = * Manipur , sample = "Meitei Mayek" (literally meaning "Meitei script" in Meitei language) written in Meitei script.jpg , fam1 = Egyptian hieroglyphs /sup> , fam2 = Proto-Sinaitic script /sup> , fam3 = Phoenician alphabet /sup> , fam4 = Aramaic alphabet /sup> , fam5 = Brahmi script , fam6 = Gupta script , fam7 = Tibetan , footnotes = The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon. , sisters = Lepcha, Khema, ʼPhags-pa, Marchen , time = 6th century AD – upto 1700 AD, 1930 – present , unicode = , iso15924 = Mtei , note = none The Meitei script ( mni, Meitei Mayek)() or the Meetei script ( mni, Meetei Mayek) () is an abugida used for the Meitei language, the official language of Manipur state of India. Its earli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meitei Architecture
Meitei architecture or Manipuri architecture is the architecture produced by the Meitei speaking people, whose culture flourished in the Kangleipak kingdom and its neighbouring kingdoms from the middle of the fifteenth century BC. The Meitei architecture is best known for its temples (Laishang, Kiyong, Thellon), found scattered in the Kangleipak (present day Manipur). Other architectural forms that are still in existence are the grand gates (Hojang), Traditional houses (Yumjao), Public houses (Sanglen), Official buildings (Loishang), etc. Influence Due to the arrival of Hinduism in the kingdom of Kangleipak (present day Manipur), the form of architecture was greatly influenced during the 16-17th century AD. Hundreds of Vaishnava temples were built in the kingdom with a mixed architectural design of both the traditional Meitei architecture and Mainland Indian architecture. Styles The temples and other buildings built in Meitei architecture is easily distinguished by the Holy Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denechandra Meitei
Yendrembam Denechandra Meitei (born 28 March 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who last played as a defender for Indian Super League club Punjab. Club career Early career Born in Manipur, Meitei started playing football from the age of 10 years. He initially trained at a local stadium to improve his technical ability. He eventually managed to make it into his district team and then the Manipur football team in the youth nationals. Then in 2008 he was signed by Mohun Bagan A.C. to join their academy. After a one-year stay at the academy, Meitei joined the Sambhalpur Academy in Orissa. However, due to problems with both academies in terms of how they taught academics, Meitei dropped out of both. He then went back to Manipur to play for a local club. Then, after going back to Manipur, James Singh of Mumbai F.C. recommended Meitei to trial at Pune F.C. for a spot in the Pune F.C. Academy. Meitei trialed for the spot in the academy and passed. While with the Pune F.C. Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loken Meitei
Moirangthem Loken Meitei (born 4 May 1997) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or winger for I-League club Delhi. Career Loken started his career with the youth set-up at Royal Wahingdoh before joining Shillong First Division side Shillong United for the 2014 season on loan. He made his professional debut for Royal Wahingdoh in the I-League on 27 January 2015 against Bharat FC, coming on as a 93rd-minute substitute for Bekay Bewar as Royal Wahingdoh won 2–1. Kerala Blasters On 23 July 2017, Meitei was selected in the 13th round of the 2017–18 ISL Players Draft by the Kerala Blasters for the 2017–18 Indian Super League season. He made his debut for the club on 9 December 2017 against Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the .... He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ningombam Bupenda Meitei
Ningombam Bupenda Meitei (born 6 April 1987) is an Indian writer, essayist and poet in English and Meitei languages. Early life Ningombam Bupenda Meitei was born in Imphal, Manipur to the descendant of Maharaja Kullachandra of Manipur whose royal throne was recognised by the Viceroy of India, Lord Lansdowne. He went to Sainik School Imphal and St. Stephen's College, Delhi, University of Delhi. Career He taught philosophy at Hindu College, University of Delhi. He also taught physics and mathematics in Dehradun as a school teacher. He has composed many poems besides writing in philosophy and philosophy of physics. He is a member of International Network in Biolinguistics in which Prof. Noam Chomsky is also a member. Works * ''A countryside's innocent heart'' (2013), published by Lulu, is a collection of poems composed by the poet since his childhood. It took almost fifteen years to complete the book. * ''Philosophical writings of a physics student'' (2013), published by Notio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romi Meitei
Romi Meitei (born 19 September 1976) is an Indian film director and lyricist who works in Manipuri films. He is a recipient of several awards at several film festivals organised in India and abroad and has directed movies for around two decades. ''Thoiba Thoibi'', ''Inga Nonglakta'', ''Manithoiba'', ''Natephamda Tero'', ''Chumthang Makhong'', ''Mikithi'' and ''Dharmagi Mingda Imagidamak'' are some of the well-known movies he directed. He has also made films which are adaptations of famous radio plays and ''Shumang Kumheis''. ''Imagi Laman Singamdre'', ''Yotpi'', ''Sanagi Nga'', ''Sangbrei Managi Chenghi Manam'', ''Hiktharaba Samji: Pizza'' are among such films. In 2017, he directed a music video titled ''Nura Pakhang''. It is a Portuguese and Meitei language collaboration music video on present situation of Manipuri pony. As of 2022, his feature film ''Eikhoigi Yum'' got official selection at the 22nd Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Accolades ''Romi Meitei'' has won many awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waikhom Gojen Meitei
Waikhom Gojen Meitei is an Indian poet and educationist from Manipur. The Government of India honored him in 2014 by bestowing upon him the Padma Shri Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, ..., the fourth highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of education and literature. Biography Waikhom Gojen Meitei was born in Manipur. He is the Secretary of Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillon Apunba Manipur (MEELAL). His contributions to the revival of Meitei indigenous script is notable. Meitei lives in New Delhi at Ambedkar Bhawan. He is also a recipient of the title, ''Babu Jagat Jiban'' by Ram Lala Sanskriti Sahitya Academy in January 2002 and has also won Special Jury prize at the Second Sahitya Seva Samiti Manipuri Film Awards 2013, for his song ''Eeyekna Eepani Eeroln ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
