LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:5 May 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

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Teaching Meitei Mayek: A New Approach

Dr. Soibam Rebika Devi, M.Sc., M.A., M.A., Ph.D.


Abstract

Manipuri language is taught with Bengali script earlier and now the trend is to teach through Meitei Mayek script along with the coexistence of Bengali script. The traditional way of arrangement of Meitei Mayek letters is not uniform in the Meitei Mayek textbooks. An analysis was done to find out the differences in the methods of presentation and teaching. Not only the problems related to the arrangements of the scripts but also the method of teaching the scripts are to be revised, simplified and modernized. In this context of confusion, this paper gives an alternative method of arrangement and teaching which will help the learners to a greater extent.

Key words: Manipuri language, meiteilon, meitei mayek, mapung mayek, Iyek ipi, lonsum iyek, cheitap iyek

1. Introduction

Manipuri, locally known as Meiteilon (Meitei - the Meitei community; lon - language) is the state language of Manipur which is one of the seven states of North-East India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. The state is bounded by Nagaland in the north, Mizoram in the south, Assam in the west, and by the borders of the country Myanmar in the east as well as in the south. Manipuri belongs to the Kuki-Chin-Naga group of the Tibeto-Burman sub family of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (Grierson & Konow, 1903-28).

Manipuri language has been recognized by the Government of India as the state official language of Manipur along with English and it is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. By the 71st amendment of the constitution in 1992, Manipuri is included in the list of Scheduled Languages in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India (Sarangi, A. 2009).


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Rebika Devi

Dr. Soibam Rebika Devi, Ph.D. (Linguistics), M.A. (Linguistics), M.A. (Translation Studies)
M.Sc. (Life Sciences), Diploma in Tamil
Resource Person
National Translation Mission
Central Institute of Indian languages
Mysore 570 006
Karnataka
India
rebika_srd@rediffmail.com

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