![]() "Meitei Lon" (literally meaning "Meitei language"), written in Meitei script | |
English name | Movement of Meitei language to attain linguistic purism |
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Type | Social movement |
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Target | Linguistically pure Meitei language |
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Meitei people |
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The social movement of Meitei language to attain linguistic purism is advocated by literary, political, social associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities of Bangladesh, Myanmar and Northeast India (prominently Assam, Manipur and Tripura).
The language is officially known as Manipuri by the government of India, although predominantly it is currently referred as Meitei by the government of Manipur. The former name is an Indo-Aryan exonym which was derived from Sanskrit, whereas the latter is the Tibeto-Burman endonym used natively by the Meitei people. Similarly, the federal government uses Eastern Nagari as the official writing system for Manipuri (an Indic script), whereas the state government uses Meetei Mayek as the writing system for Meitei (a Tibetic script).