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	[[File:Depiction of the Puya Mei Thaba (Burning of the Meitei texts) ordered by Meitei King Pamheiba (AKA Garib Niwaj or Gopal Singh) under the influence of Bengali Hindu missionary Shantidas Gosai (AKA Shantidas Goswami or Shantidas Adhikari).jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Depiction of the 18th century historic burning of texts written in Meitei script.]]		[[File:Depiction of the Puya Mei Thaba (Burning of the Meitei texts) ordered by Meitei King Pamheiba (AKA Garib Niwaj or Gopal Singh) under the influence of Bengali Hindu missionary Shantidas Gosai (AKA Shantidas Goswami or Shantidas Adhikari).jpg\|thumb\|300px\|Depiction of the 18th century historic burning of texts written in Meitei script.]]

	The [[Meitei script]] ({{langx\|mni\|{{Script\|Mtei\|ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ}}\|Meitei mayek\|label=none}})<ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Khuman \|first1=Yanglem Loijing Khomba \|last2=Devi \|first2=Salam Dickeeta \|last3=Singh \|first3=Ch. Ponykumar \|last4=Devi \|first4=H. Mamata \|last5=Singh \|first5=N. Ajith \|date=1 December 2022 \|title=A benchmark dataset for printed Meitei/Meetei script character recognition \|journal=Data in Brief \|language=en \|volume=45 \|article-number=108585 \|doi=10.1016/j.dib.2022.108585 \|pmid=36426059 \|pmc=9679442 \|bibcode=2022DIB....4508585K \|issn=2352-3409}}</ref> is one of the [[official scripts of the Indian Republic]]. Meitei mayek is also known as Kanglei script {{meitei\|ꯀꯪꯂꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ\|kanglei mayek\|label=no}}<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Noni \|first1=Arambam \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzjbCgAAQBAJ&q=Kanglei+script+Meetei+Mayekuz8AhVlSWwGHeUtCqoQ6AF6BAgFEAM&pg=PA223 \|title=Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur \|last2=Sanatomba \|first2=Kangujam \|year=2015 \|publisher=[[Routledge]] \|isbn=978-1-317-27066-9 \|pages=223, 235, 237 \|language=en}}</ref> or kok sam lai script {{meitei\|ꯀꯣꯛ ꯁꯝ ꯂꯥꯏ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ\|la=kok sam lai mayeke\|label=no}}, after its first three letters.<ref>{{Cite web \|script-title=mni:মণিপুরদা লোলয়ান চঙলকপা অমদি মীতৈ ইয়েক্না থোঙজিন্দা ৱারৌজনা লেপ্লরবদা ! \|url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/17.02.2022-B5.pdf \|website=Hueiyen Lanpao \|language=mni}}</ref> Its earliest known appearance is on 6th century coins.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Datta \|first=Amaresh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Manipur%208th%20century%20copper%20plate%20inscription%20Manipur&pg=PA142 \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \|year=1987 \|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 \|page=142 \|language=en}}</ref> It was used until the 18th century, when it was replaced by the [[Bengali script]], and then revived in again massively in the 20th.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Laithangbam \|first=Iboyaima \|date=23 September 2017 \|title=Banished Manipuri script stages a comeback \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/banished-manipuri-script-stages-a-comeback/article19743482.ece \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2021, the use of Meetei Mayek to write Manipuri was officially adopted by the [[government of Manipur]], alongside Bengali script.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=GAZETTE TITLE: The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021 \|url=http://manipurgovtpress.nic.in/en/details_gazzete/?gazette=658 \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|website=manipurgovtpress.nic.in}}</ref>		The [[Meitei script]] ({{langx\|mni\|{{Script\|Mtei\|ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ}}\|Meitei mayek\|label=none}})<ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Khuman \|first1=Yanglem Loijing Khomba \|last2=Devi \|first2=Salam Dickeeta \|last3=Singh \|first3=Ch. Ponykumar \|last4=Devi \|first4=H. Mamata \|last5=Singh \|first5=N. Ajith \|date=1 December 2022 \|title=A benchmark dataset for printed Meitei/Meetei script character recognition \|journal=Data in Brief \|language=en \|volume=45 \|article-number=108585 \|doi=10.1016/j.dib.2022.108585 \|pmid=36426059 \|pmc=9679442 \|bibcode=2022DIB....4508585K \|issn=2352-3409}}</ref> is one of the [[official scripts of the Indian Republic]]. Meitei mayek is also known as Kanglei script {{meitei\|ꯀꯪꯂꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ\|kanglei mayek\|label=no}}<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Noni \|first1=Arambam \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzjbCgAAQBAJ&q=Kanglei+script+Meetei+Mayekuz8AhVlSWwGHeUtCqoQ6AF6BAgFEAM&pg=PA223 \|title=Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur \|last2=Sanatomba \|first2=Kangujam \|year=2015 \|publisher=[[Routledge]] \|isbn=978-1-317-27066-9 \|pages=223, 235, 237 \|language=en}}</ref> or kok sam lai script {{meitei\|ꯀꯣꯛ ꯁꯝ ꯂꯥꯏ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ\|la=kok sam lai mayeke\|label=no}}, after its first three letters.<ref>{{Cite web \|script-title=mni:মণিপুরদা লোলয়ান চঙলকপা অমদি মীতৈ ইয়েক্না থোঙজিন্দা ৱারৌজনা লেপ্লরবদা ! \|url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/17.02.2022-B5.pdf \|website=Hueiyen Lanpao \|language=mni}}</ref> Its earliest known appearance is on 6th century coins.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Datta \|first=Amaresh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Manipur%208th%20century%20copper%20plate%20inscription%20Manipur&pg=PA142 \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \|year=1987 \|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 \|page=142 \|language=en}}</ref> It was used until the 18th century, when it was replaced by the [[Bengali script]], and then revived in again massively in the 20th.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Laithangbam \|first=Iboyaima \|date=23 September 2017 \|title=Banished Manipuri script stages a comeback \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/banished-manipuri-script-stages-a-comeback/article19743482.ece \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2021, the use of Meetei Mayek to write Manipuri was officially adopted by the [[government of Manipur]], alongside Bengali script, with the Bengali script remaining co-official for a period of ten years until 2031.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=GAZETTE TITLE: The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021 \|url=http://manipurgovtpress.nic.in/en/details_gazzete/?gazette=658 \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|website=manipurgovtpress.nic.in}}</ref>

	The Roman alphabet has been used in medium for teaching basic Meitei as a second language teaching by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=25 January 2023 \|title=Manipur HSLC Date Sheet 2023: BSEM Class 10 time table released, exam begins March 16 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/manipur-hslc-date-sheet-2023-bsem-class-10-time-table-released-exam-begins-march-16/articleshow/97300318.cms?from=mdr \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=SNS \|date=10 January 2019 \|title=Manipur Board Class 12 (HSC) and Class 10 (HSLC) Timetable 2019 available online at manipureducation.gov.in {{!}} Check now \|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/manipur-board-class-12-hsc-and-class-10-hslc-timetable-2019-available-online-at-manipureducation-gov-in-check-now-1502723456.html \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|website=[[The Statesman (India)\|The Statesman]] \|language=en-US}}</ref> More recently, the Board has issued a directive that no more Manipuri textbooks using the Latin alphabet be published.<ref>{{cite web \|title=MEELAL lauds BSEM order: 04th feb24 ~ E-Pao! Headlines \|url=https://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=44..040224.feb24 \|website=e-pao.net \|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> Meitei language editions of the Bible in Roman script are very commonly used by the [[Christianity in Manipur\|Christians]] in Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Birth of Jesus Manipuri Roman Mayek CB \|url=https://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/manipuri_roman_mayek/36_The_Birth_of_Jesus_Manipuri_Roman_Mayek_CB.pdf \|website=bibleforchildren.org}}</ref>		The Roman alphabet has been used in medium for teaching basic Meitei as a second language teaching by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=25 January 2023 \|title=Manipur HSLC Date Sheet 2023: BSEM Class 10 time table released, exam begins March 16 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/manipur-hslc-date-sheet-2023-bsem-class-10-time-table-released-exam-begins-march-16/articleshow/97300318.cms?from=mdr \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=SNS \|date=10 January 2019 \|title=Manipur Board Class 12 (HSC) and Class 10 (HSLC) Timetable 2019 available online at manipureducation.gov.in {{!}} Check now \|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/manipur-board-class-12-hsc-and-class-10-hslc-timetable-2019-available-online-at-manipureducation-gov-in-check-now-1502723456.html \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|website=[[The Statesman (India)\|The Statesman]] \|language=en-US}}</ref> More recently, the Board has issued a directive that no more Manipuri textbooks using the Latin alphabet be published.<ref>{{cite web \|title=MEELAL lauds BSEM order: 04th feb24 ~ E-Pao! Headlines \|url=https://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=44..040224.feb24 \|website=e-pao.net \|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> Meitei language editions of the Bible in Roman script are very commonly used by the [[Christianity in Manipur\|Christians]] in Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Birth of Jesus Manipuri Roman Mayek CB \|url=https://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/manipuri_roman_mayek/36_The_Birth_of_Jesus_Manipuri_Roman_Mayek_CB.pdf \|website=bibleforchildren.org}}</ref>

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	{{Hatnote\|Unless otherwise specified, Meitei in this article is written in [[Meitei Mayek]]/[[Eastern Nagari script\|Eastern Nagari]]/[[Naoriya Phullo script]] order. If the Eastern Nagari and Naoriya Phullo characters are mutually intelligible or virtually identical to a great extent, the former is used.}}		{{Hatnote\|Unless otherwise specified, Meitei in this article is written in [[Meitei Mayek]]/[[Eastern Nagari script\|Eastern Nagari]]/[[Naoriya Phullo script]] order. If the Eastern Nagari and Naoriya Phullo characters are mutually intelligible or virtually identical to a great extent, the former is used.}}
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	\| script = [[Bengali script\|Bengali alphabet]] (current)<br />[[Latin alphabet]] (to a lesser extent)<br />[[Meitei alphabet]] (historical)<ref>{{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&pg=PA1\| year = 1888\| publisher = Assam Secretariat Press\| isbn = \| page = 1 }}</ref>		\| script = [[Bengali script\|Bengali alphabet]] (current)<br />[[Latin alphabet]] (to a lesser extent)<br />[[Meitei alphabet]] (historical)<ref>{{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&pg=PA1\| year = 1888\| publisher = Assam Secretariat Press\| isbn = \| page = 1 }}</ref>
	\| nation = {{IND}}<ref>http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=MeiteiMayek.Manipuri_language_in_8th_Schedule_By_Jeet_Akoijam.html..</ref><ref>https://universalinstitutions.com/languages-added-in-the-8th-schedule-of-indian-constitution/</ref><ref>https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/languages-included-eighth-schedule-indian-constitution</ref>		\| nation = {{IND}}<ref>http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=MeiteiMayek.Manipuri_language_in_8th_Schedule_By_Jeet_Akoijam.html..</ref><ref>https://universalinstitutions.com/languages-added-in-the-8th-schedule-of-indian-constitution/</ref><ref>https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/languages-included-eighth-schedule-indian-constitution</ref>
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	'''Meitei''' (also known as '''Manipuri''' or '''Meetei''') is the [[~~Official language\|~~official language]] and the [[~~Lingua franca\|~~lingua franca]] of the [[States of India\|Indian state]] of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Origin and Development of the Meetei Language\|url=http://rdmodernresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/120.pdf\|publisher=Department of English, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamilnadu\|accessdate=19 July 2017\|author=Khongbantabam Naobi Devi, Ph,D}}</ref> It is developed from the [[Ancient Meitei language]]. It is one of the [[Languages with official status in India\|22 scheduled languages of India]].<ref>http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=MeiteiMayek.Manipuri_language_in_8th_Schedule_By_Jeet_Akoijam.html..</ref><ref>https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/languages-included-eighth-schedule-indian-constitution</ref><ref>https://universalinstitutions.com/languages-added-in-the-8th-schedule-of-indian-constitution/</ref>		'''Meitei''' (also known as '''Manipuri''' or '''Meetei''') is the [[official language]] and the [[lingua franca]] of the [[States of India\|Indian state]] of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Origin and Development of the Meetei Language\|url=http://rdmodernresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/120.pdf\|publisher=Department of English, Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai, Tamilnadu\|accessdate=19 July 2017\|author=Khongbantabam Naobi Devi, Ph,D}}</ref> It is developed from the [[Ancient Meitei language]]. It is one of the [[Languages with official status in India\|22 scheduled languages of India]].<ref>http://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=MeiteiMayek.Manipuri_language_in_8th_Schedule_By_Jeet_Akoijam.html..</ref><ref>https://rajbhasha.gov.in/en/languages-included-eighth-schedule-indian-constitution</ref><ref>https://universalinstitutions.com/languages-added-in-the-8th-schedule-of-indian-constitution/</ref>

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	The [[Meitei script]] ({{langx\|mni\|{{Script\|Mtei\|ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ}}\|Meitei mayek\|label=none}})<ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Khuman \|first1=Yanglem Loijing Khomba \|last2=Devi \|first2=Salam Dickeeta \|last3=Singh \|first3=Ch. Ponykumar \|last4=Devi \|first4=H. Mamata \|last5=Singh \|first5=N. Ajith \|date=1 December 2022 \|title=A benchmark dataset for printed Meitei/Meetei script character recognition \|journal=Data in Brief \|language=en \|volume=45 \|article-number=108585 \|doi=10.1016/j.dib.2022.108585 \|pmid=36426059 \|pmc=9679442 \|bibcode=2022DIB....4508585K \|issn=2352-3409}}</ref> is one of the [[official scripts of the Indian Republic]]. Meitei mayek is also known as Kanglei script {{meitei\|ꯀꯪꯂꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ\|kanglei mayek\|label=no}}<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Noni \|first1=Arambam \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzjbCgAAQBAJ&q=Kanglei+script+Meetei+Mayekuz8AhVlSWwGHeUtCqoQ6AF6BAgFEAM&pg=PA223 \|title=Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur \|last2=Sanatomba \|first2=Kangujam \|year=2015 \|publisher=[[Routledge]] \|isbn=978-1-317-27066-9 \|pages=223, 235, 237 \|language=en}}</ref> or kok sam lai script {{meitei\|ꯀꯣꯛ ꯁꯝ ꯂꯥꯏ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ\|la=kok sam lai mayeke\|label=no}}, after its first three letters.<ref>{{Cite web \|script-title=mni:মণিপুরদা লোলয়ান চঙলকপা অমদি মীতৈ ইয়েক্না থোঙজিন্দা ৱারৌজনা লেপ্লরবদা ! \|url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/17.02.2022-B5.pdf \|website=Hueiyen Lanpao \|language=mni}}</ref> Its earliest known appearance is on 6th century coins.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Datta \|first=Amaresh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Manipur%208th%20century%20copper%20plate%20inscription%20Manipur&pg=PA142 \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \|year=1987 \|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 \|page=142 \|language=en}}</ref> It was used until the 18th century, when it was replaced by the [[Bengali script]], and then revived in again massively in the 20th.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Laithangbam \|first=Iboyaima \|date=23 September 2017 \|title=Banished Manipuri script stages a comeback \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/banished-manipuri-script-stages-a-comeback/article19743482.ece \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2021, the use of Meetei Mayek to write Manipuri was officially adopted by the [[government of Manipur]], alongside Bengali script.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=GAZETTE TITLE: The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021 \|url=http://manipurgovtpress.nic.in/en/details_gazzete/?gazette=658 \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|website=manipurgovtpress.nic.in}}</ref>		The [[Meitei script]] ({{langx\|mni\|{{Script\|Mtei\|ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ}}\|Meitei mayek\|label=none}})<ref>{{Cite journal \|last1=Khuman \|first1=Yanglem Loijing Khomba \|last2=Devi \|first2=Salam Dickeeta \|last3=Singh \|first3=Ch. Ponykumar \|last4=Devi \|first4=H. Mamata \|last5=Singh \|first5=N. Ajith \|date=1 December 2022 \|title=A benchmark dataset for printed Meitei/Meetei script character recognition \|journal=Data in Brief \|language=en \|volume=45 \|article-number=108585 \|doi=10.1016/j.dib.2022.108585 \|pmid=36426059 \|pmc=9679442 \|bibcode=2022DIB....4508585K \|issn=2352-3409}}</ref> is one of the [[official scripts of the Indian Republic]]. Meitei mayek is also known as Kanglei script {{meitei\|ꯀꯪꯂꯩ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ\|kanglei mayek\|label=no}}<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Noni \|first1=Arambam \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OzjbCgAAQBAJ&q=Kanglei+script+Meetei+Mayekuz8AhVlSWwGHeUtCqoQ6AF6BAgFEAM&pg=PA223 \|title=Colonialism and Resistance: Society and State in Manipur \|last2=Sanatomba \|first2=Kangujam \|year=2015 \|publisher=[[Routledge]] \|isbn=978-1-317-27066-9 \|pages=223, 235, 237 \|language=en}}</ref> or kok sam lai script {{meitei\|ꯀꯣꯛ ꯁꯝ ꯂꯥꯏ ꯃꯌꯦꯛ\|la=kok sam lai mayeke\|label=no}}, after its first three letters.<ref>{{Cite web \|script-title=mni:মণিপুরদা লোলয়ান চঙলকপা অমদি মীতৈ ইয়েক্না থোঙজিন্দা ৱারৌজনা লেপ্লরবদা ! \|url=http://hueiyenlanpao.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/17.02.2022-B5.pdf \|website=Hueiyen Lanpao \|language=mni}}</ref> Its earliest known appearance is on 6th century coins.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Datta \|first=Amaresh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=Manipur%208th%20century%20copper%20plate%20inscription%20Manipur&pg=PA142 \|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature \|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] \|year=1987 \|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 \|page=142 \|language=en}}</ref> It was used until the 18th century, when it was replaced by the [[Bengali script]], and then revived in again massively in the 20th.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Laithangbam \|first=Iboyaima \|date=23 September 2017 \|title=Banished Manipuri script stages a comeback \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/banished-manipuri-script-stages-a-comeback/article19743482.ece \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> In 2021, the use of Meetei Mayek to write Manipuri was officially adopted by the [[government of Manipur]], alongside Bengali script, with the Bengali script remaining co-official for a period of ten years until 2031.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=GAZETTE TITLE: The Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021 \|url=http://manipurgovtpress.nic.in/en/details_gazzete/?gazette=658 \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|website=manipurgovtpress.nic.in}}</ref>

	The Roman alphabet has been used in medium for teaching basic Meitei as a second language teaching by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=25 January 2023 \|title=Manipur HSLC Date Sheet 2023: BSEM Class 10 time table released, exam begins March 16 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/manipur-hslc-date-sheet-2023-bsem-class-10-time-table-released-exam-begins-march-16/articleshow/97300318.cms?from=mdr \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=SNS \|date=10 January 2019 \|title=Manipur Board Class 12 (HSC) and Class 10 (HSLC) Timetable 2019 available online at manipureducation.gov.in {{!}} Check now \|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/manipur-board-class-12-hsc-and-class-10-hslc-timetable-2019-available-online-at-manipureducation-gov-in-check-now-1502723456.html \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|website=[[The Statesman (India)\|The Statesman]] \|language=en-US}}</ref> More recently, the Board has issued a directive that no more Manipuri textbooks using the Latin alphabet be published.<ref>{{cite web \|title=MEELAL lauds BSEM order: 04th feb24 ~ E-Pao! Headlines \|url=https://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=44..040224.feb24 \|website=e-pao.net \|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> Meitei language editions of the Bible in Roman script are very commonly used by the [[Christianity in Manipur\|Christians]] in Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Birth of Jesus Manipuri Roman Mayek CB \|url=https://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/manipuri_roman_mayek/36_The_Birth_of_Jesus_Manipuri_Roman_Mayek_CB.pdf \|website=bibleforchildren.org}}</ref>		The Roman alphabet has been used in medium for teaching basic Meitei as a second language teaching by the Board of Secondary Education, Manipur.<ref>{{Cite news \|date=25 January 2023 \|title=Manipur HSLC Date Sheet 2023: BSEM Class 10 time table released, exam begins March 16 \|work=[[The Times of India]] \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/manipur-hslc-date-sheet-2023-bsem-class-10-time-table-released-exam-begins-march-16/articleshow/97300318.cms?from=mdr \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=SNS \|date=10 January 2019 \|title=Manipur Board Class 12 (HSC) and Class 10 (HSLC) Timetable 2019 available online at manipureducation.gov.in {{!}} Check now \|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/manipur-board-class-12-hsc-and-class-10-hslc-timetable-2019-available-online-at-manipureducation-gov-in-check-now-1502723456.html \|access-date=6 March 2023 \|website=[[The Statesman (India)\|The Statesman]] \|language=en-US}}</ref> More recently, the Board has issued a directive that no more Manipuri textbooks using the Latin alphabet be published.<ref>{{cite web \|title=MEELAL lauds BSEM order: 04th feb24 ~ E-Pao! Headlines \|url=https://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=44..040224.feb24 \|website=e-pao.net \|access-date=15 February 2024}}</ref> Meitei language editions of the Bible in Roman script are very commonly used by the [[Christianity in Manipur\|Christians]] in Manipur.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Birth of Jesus Manipuri Roman Mayek CB \|url=https://bibleforchildren.org/PDFs/manipuri_roman_mayek/36_The_Birth_of_Jesus_Manipuri_Roman_Mayek_CB.pdf \|website=bibleforchildren.org}}</ref>

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	{{Hatnote\|Unless otherwise specified, Meitei in this article is written in [[Meitei Mayek]]/[[Eastern Nagari script\|Eastern Nagari]]/[[Naoriya Phullo script]] order. If the Eastern Nagari and Naoriya Phullo characters are mutually intelligible or virtually identical to a great extent, the former is used.}}		{{Hatnote\|Unless otherwise specified, Meitei in this article is written in [[Meitei Mayek]]/[[Eastern Nagari script\|Eastern Nagari]]/[[Naoriya Phullo script]] order. If the Eastern Nagari and Naoriya Phullo characters are mutually intelligible or virtually identical to a great extent, the former is used.}}
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