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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 ...
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Manipuri language
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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 ...
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Meitei script and
Meitei culture in Bangladesh
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The Manipuri Language Festival ( mni, Manipuri Lon-gi Kummei), also known as the Meitei Language Festival or the Manipuri Bhasha Utsav, is an annual language festival dedicated to the promotion and the development of the Manipuri
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 ...
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Meitei script, and
Meitei culture in
Bangladesh. The event is organised by the
Bangladesh Manipuri Literary Society ( bn, বাংলাদেশ মণিপুরি সাহিত্য সংসদের,
Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad
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Festival Activities
The festival is held at Adampur Tetaigaon Rashid Uddin High School premises in
Kamalganj
Kamalganj is a town and a nagar panchayat in Farrukhabad district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The town is one of the key contributors to Potato production in the district. Kamalganj was named after Muslim religion promoter and socia ...
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Moulvibazar. It includes an opening address and colourful procession and rally of
Meitei students and guests, a payment of tribute at the local Martyrs' Monument to those protestors who died during the
Bengali language movement of 1952,
and a meetings, including cultural programs and prize-giving.
Students in the 1st-8th grade (A branch) and 9-10th grade (B branch) students in the festival, had the opportunity to take a written test in their mother tongue.
2022
In 2022, AK Sheram, the president of the
Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Sangsad
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, and Shahena Begum, the then-acting principal of Teteigaon Ramid Uddin High School, opened the Manipuri Language Festival. Later, a meeting, attended by Professor Saurabh Sikdar of the Linguistics Department of
Dhaka University
The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...
, Mathura Vikas Tripura, Executive Director of the Jabarang Welfare Organisation ( bn, জাবারাং কল্যাণ সমিতি, Zabarang Kalyan Samity) and member of the International Indigenous Languages Decade National Committee was held to discuss the practice and promotion of the Meitei language and culture in the school.
2023 event
The main meeting was chaired by poet and essayist AK Sheram and the organization's general secretary Nambram Shankar. Special guests included Parimal Singh, the secretary of the
National Sports Council of Bangladesh, and N Ratan Meitei.
Publications
"Meira" ( mni, ; , /mə́i.ra/, torch), the cover of commemorative collection of the festival was released in the 2023 Meitei language festival.
See also
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Meitei language movements
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Meitei classical language movement
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Meitei associate official language movement
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Meitei linguistic purism movement
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Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation
Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation (DLPI) is a directorate of the Government of Manipur in charge of the language planning and the implementation of policies of Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) as well as ...
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Sahitya Akademi
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List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Meitei
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List of Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize winners for Meitei
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List of Yuva Puraskar winners for Meitei
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Manipuri Sahitya Parishad
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Manipur University
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Manipur University of Culture
Manipur University of Culture is a State Public University established and recognised by the State Government of Manipur.
History
It was established through an Act of the Manipur State Legislature, The Manipur University of Culture Act, 2015. ...
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References
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