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		<title>SonOfZeus at 13:56, 7 June 2022</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Meitei&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-omp|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯪꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ&lt;/del&gt;}}; {{lang-mni|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ&lt;/del&gt;}}) or &#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Manipuri&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-mni|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ &lt;/del&gt;ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ꯂꯣꯟ&lt;/del&gt;}}) is the standardized literary form of the [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]), used most notably in the [[Puya (Meitei texts)]], and is also the holy and sacred language of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]). It represents the development of the rich literary sources of the present day [[Meitei literature]] ([[Manipuri literature]]). It is around 3500 years old.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/ |title=Manipuri is a classical language &amp;amp;#124; KanglaOnline |access-date=2021-04-30 |archive-date=2021-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430153553/http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/ |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Meitei&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-omp|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ꯊꯥꯛ ꯑꯋꯥꯪꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯜ&lt;/ins&gt;}}; {{lang-mni|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ꯊꯥꯛ ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯜ&lt;/ins&gt;}}) or &#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Manipuri&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-mni|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ꯊꯥꯛ ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ &lt;/ins&gt;ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;ꯂꯣꯜ&lt;/ins&gt;}}) is the standardized literary form of the [[Meitei language]] ([[Manipuri language]]), used most notably in the [[Puya (Meitei texts)]], and is also the holy and sacred language of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]). It represents the development of the rich literary sources of the present day [[Meitei literature]] ([[Manipuri literature]]). It is around 3500 years old.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web |url=http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/ |title=Manipuri is a classical language &amp;amp;#124; KanglaOnline |access-date=2021-04-30 |archive-date=2021-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430153553/http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/ |url-status=dead }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>SonOfZeus at 13:51, 7 June 2022</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| era = 15th century BC - till present; continued as a liturgical language of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]) &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and [[Manipuri Vaishnavism]]&lt;/del&gt;, spoken with a modernized pronunciation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| era = 15th century BC - till present; continued as a liturgical language of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]), spoken with a modernized pronunciation&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| fam1 = [[Sino-Tibetan]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| fam1 = [[Sino-Tibetan]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| ancestor =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| ancestor =  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Meitei&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-omp|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯪꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}; {{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}) or &#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Manipuri&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ}}) is the standardized literary form of the [[Meitei language]], used most notably in the [[Puya (Meitei texts)]], and is also the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[liturgical &lt;/del&gt;language&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/del&gt;of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]) &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and [[Manipuri Vaishnavism]]&lt;/del&gt;. It represents the development of the rich literary sources of the present day [[Meitei literature]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It is more than 3500 years old. &lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Meitei&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-omp|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯪꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}; {{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}) or &#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Manipuri&#039;&#039;&#039; ({{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ}}) is the standardized literary form of the [[Meitei language]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([[Manipuri language]])&lt;/ins&gt;, used most notably in the [[Puya (Meitei texts)]], and is also the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;holy and sacred &lt;/ins&gt;language of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]). It represents the development of the rich literary sources of the present day [[Meitei literature]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;([[Manipuri literature]]). It is around 3500 years old&lt;/ins&gt;.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Cite web |url=http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/ |title=Manipuri is a classical language &amp;amp;#124; KanglaOnline |access-date=2021-04-30 |archive-date=2021-04-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430153553/&lt;/ins&gt;http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/ &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|url-status=dead }}&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>SonOfZeus at 18:53, 15 May 2021</title>
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Meitei&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Manipuri&#039;&#039;&#039; is the standardized literary form of the [[Meitei language]], used most notably in the [[Puya (Meitei texts)]], and is also the [[liturgical language]] of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]) and [[Manipuri Vaishnavism]]. It represents the development of the rich literary sources of the present day [[Meitei literature]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is more than 3500 years old.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Meitei&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;({{lang-omp|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯪꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}; {{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}) &lt;/ins&gt;or &#039;&#039;&#039;Classical Manipuri&#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;({{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ}}) &lt;/ins&gt;is the standardized literary form of the [[Meitei language]], used most notably in the [[Puya (Meitei texts)]], and is also the [[liturgical language]] of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]) and [[Manipuri Vaishnavism]]. It represents the development of the rich literary sources of the present day [[Meitei literature]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is more than 3500 years old.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Infobox language&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Classical Meitei&lt;br /&gt;
| nativename = &lt;br /&gt;
| altname = Classical Manipuri&lt;br /&gt;
| image = &lt;br /&gt;
| region = historically in [[Ancient Manipur]] ([[Ancient Kangleipak]])&lt;br /&gt;
| ethnicity = [[Meitei ethnicity]]&lt;br /&gt;
| speakers = &lt;br /&gt;
| date = &lt;br /&gt;
| ref = &lt;br /&gt;
| familycolor = Sino-Tibetan&lt;br /&gt;
| script = [[Meitei script]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book| last = Primrose| first = Arthur John| title = A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence| url = https://books.google.com/?id=0L3M1OmJhesC&amp;amp;pg=PA1| year = 1888| publisher = Assam Secretariat Press| isbn = | page = 1 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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| minority = &lt;br /&gt;
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| glotto = none&lt;br /&gt;
| glottorefname = Manipuri&lt;br /&gt;
| states = &lt;br /&gt;
| era = 15th century BC - till present; continued as a liturgical language of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]) and [[Manipuri Vaishnavism]], spoken with a modernized pronunciation&lt;br /&gt;
| speakers2 = &lt;br /&gt;
| fam1 = [[Sino-Tibetan]]&lt;br /&gt;
| fam2 = Tibeto-Burman&lt;br /&gt;
| fam3 = Indo-Mongolian&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Classical Meitei&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; or &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Classical Manipuri&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the standardized literary form of the [[Meitei language]], used most notably in the [[Puya (Meitei texts)]], and is also the [[liturgical language]] of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]) and [[Manipuri Vaishnavism]]. It represents the development of the rich literary sources of the present day [[Meitei literature]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; It is more than 3500 years old. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It reaches the criteria for being a classical language&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; as it has attained the following four criteria:&lt;br /&gt;
# It has a recorded history of more than 3500 years, exceeding 1500 years of history, for general criteria.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# It has a huge volume of ancient literature and is the heritage of the present generation.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# It has an original literary tradition independent from the other speech communities.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
# It has its ancient literature being distinct from the modern form. And, the modern Meitei is an offshoot of the archaic Meitei.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The presently available volume of ancient literature is actually lessened due to the dark historical event of [[Puya Mei Thaba]] (literally, &amp;quot;burning of the manuscripts&amp;quot;) in the 18th century AD.&lt;br /&gt;
At the same time, many of the ancient folklore and poetic works are still preserved in its oral traditional form linking with the [[Lai Haraoba]] festival.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Sources==&lt;br /&gt;
* https://ifp.co.in/4229/a-case-of-classical-language&lt;br /&gt;
* https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2020/9/23/MP-for-classical-language-status.html&lt;br /&gt;
* https://www.insidene.com/manipur-govt-begins-efforts-for-inclusion-of-manipuri-among-classical-languages/&lt;br /&gt;
* https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2020/9/23/MP-for-classical-language-status.html&lt;br /&gt;
* http://www.uniindia.com/information-minister-wants-recognition-of-manipuri-language-as-classical-language/other/news/965687.html&lt;br /&gt;
* https://ifp.co.in/4203/process-for-recognising-manipuri-as-classical-language-of-india-underway-mp-sanajaoba&lt;br /&gt;
* http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=MeiteiMayek.Will_Manipuri_be_a_Classical_Language_By_Chungkham_Yashawanta.html..&lt;br /&gt;
==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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