LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:9 September 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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The Status of Meiteilon among the Tibeto-Burman Languages

Dr. Irom Robindro Singh, Ph.D.

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Meiteilon, popularly known as Manipuri by the natives, is the most developed language among the Tibeto-Burman languages spoken in the Northeastern India. It has its own status, i.e., written as well as spoken. Various scholars including missionaries studied Meiteilon for many years. Still there are many aspects that need to be discussed. This article focuses on the development, status and relationships of Meiteilon with other Tibeto-Burman languages.

1. A Brief Study of Meiteilon

Missionaries and foreign scholars named Meiteilon / Manipuri as Meithei in their studies and records. Hence, outside the state, still it is called as Meithei by the non-native language researchers. It is the native tongue of the Meitei, is a member of the Kuki-Chin group of the Arakan-Burmese branch of the Tibeto-Burman sub-family of the Sino-Tibetan family of languages (M. A. Pie & F.Gaynor, 1954). Tracing the trend of development of Meiteilon among the Tibeto-Burman languages is a challenging task today. We need a powerful theory which is scientifically proven. Though, there are many theories developed, still the internal or external relationship between lower levels of the TB language group is unclear.

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Dr. Irom Robindro Singh, Ph.D.
Academic Resource Person
Department of Manipuri
Northeastern Regional Language Centre
Beltola College Road
Guwahati-781 028
Assam, India
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