LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:9 September 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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The Impact of Hindu Faith on Meiteiron

Sorokhaibam Heloise, Ph.D. Scholar
N. Pramodini, Ph.D.

Abstract

The paper focuses on the assimilation of loanwords through Hinduism in Meiteiron. Indo-Aryan words particularly Bengali words began to wave into Meiteiron vocabulary from the late 18th century to the 20th century. With more and more frequent contact with Bengali speakers and also through Bengali writings, loanwords became a typical linguistic phenomenon. So the study of Bengali loanwords in Meiteiron is of significant importance.

Key words: borrowing, culture, Bengali, Hindu faith.

1. Introduction

This paper examines the borrowed religious terms from Indo-Aryan languages particularly from Bengali that entered into Meiteiron. As the pioneers of Hinduism were Bengali speakers (Jhaljit,1965), it is quite natural that loanwords have also been incorporated with the acceptance of Hinduism by the Meiteiron speakers. So, most of the loanwords takes the Bengali pronunciation, though their roots are traced to the mother language Sanskrit. It is natural for Meiteiron to adopt words from other language due to their contact with each other. Thus a particular focus is given on the phenomenon of the borrowing of the religious terms.

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Sorokhaibam Heloise, Ph.D. Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Manipur University
Imphal
Canchipur -795003
Manipur
India
heloisescrop@yahoo.co.in

N. Pramodini, Ph.D. Corresponding Author
Department of Linguistics
Manipur University
Imphal
Canchipur-795003
Manipur
India
npdini@yahoo.co.in
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