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{{Short description|Distribution of Meitei language}}
{{See also|Meitei language in Bangladesh}}
{{Contains special characters|Meitei}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
[[Meitei language]] (officially known as [[Manipuri language]]), the sole [[languages with official status in India|official language]] and the lingua franca of [[Manipur]],<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=2023-11-16 |website=manipurgovtpress.nic.in |publisher=[[Government of Manipur]]}}</ref> one of the [[scheduled languages of India]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Constitution (Seventy-first Amendment) Act, 1992{{!}} National Portal of India |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/constitution-india/amendments/constitution-india-seventy-first-amendment-act-1992 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.india.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of India]]}}</ref> one of the [[Meitei language#Education|recognised educational and literary languages]] of [[Assam]]<ref>—{{Cite news |last=Laithangbam |first=Iboyaima |date=2020-09-27 |title=Assam to look into demand to include Manipuri in list of associate languages |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/minister-to-look-into-demand-to-include-manipuri-in-the-list-of-associate-languages-of-assam/article32707194.ece |access-date=2023-11-16 |issn=0971-751X}} —{{Cite web |title=District Profile {{!}} Cachar District {{!}} Government Of Assam, India |url=https://cachar.gov.in/portlets/district-profile |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=cachar.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of Assam]]}} —{{Cite web |title="Detailed Estimate of Greater Algapur-Hailakandi WSS in Hailakandi District under World Bank assisted RWSSP –LS, Assam" |url=https://phennp.assam.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/nnp_medhassu_in_oid_7/menu/document/HAILAKANDI.pdf |website=[[Government of Assam]] |page=17}} —{{Cite web |date=2022-03-31 |title=Assam CM for district-wise definition of minority |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-cm-for-district-wise-definition-of-minority-101648666846530.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> and [[Tripura]] states,<ref>—{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} DIRECTORATE OF KOKBOROK & OTHER MINORITY LANGUAGES |url=https://kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/about-us |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of Tripura]]}} —{{Cite web |title=MANIPURI {{!}} DIRECTORATE OF KOKBOROK & OTHER MINORITY LANGUAGES |url=https://kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in/manipuri#:~:text=Manipuri%20is%20also%20spoken%20in,the%20list%20of%20Scheduled%20languages. |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=kokborokoml.tripura.gov.in |publisher=[[Government of Tripura]]}}</ref> has its speakers spread across entire India.<ref>—{{Cite web |title=Manipuri language {{!}} Manipuri language {{!}} Meitei, India, Tibeto-Burman {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Manipuri-language |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=www.britannica.com |publisher=[[Britannica]] |language=en}} —{{Cite web |title=Manipuri language and alphabet |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/manipuri.htm |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=omniglot.com |publisher=[[Omniglot]]}} —{{Cite web |title=Meitei |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724203234/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |archive-date=24 July 2019 |website=[[Ethnologue]]}}</ref>

[[Meitei language]], along with [[Gujarati language]], hold the third place among the fastest growing [[languages of India]], following [[Hindi]] (first place) and [[Kashmiri language]] (second place), according to the [[2011 census of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=What census data reveals about use of Indian languages |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/what-census-data-reveals-about-use-of-indian-languages-738340.html |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=[[Deccan Herald]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018-06-28 |title=Hindi Added 100Mn Speakers In A Decade; Kashmiri 2nd Fast Growing Language |url=https://www.indiaspend.com/hindi-added-100mn-speakers-in-a-decade-kashmiri-2nd-fast-growing-language-93096/ |access-date=2023-11-16 |website= |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hindi fastest growing language in India, finds 100 million new speakers |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/hindi-fastest-growing-language-in-india-finds-100-million-new-speakers-118070200029_1.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hindi grew rapidly in non-Hindi states even without official mandate |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/hindi-grows-in-non-hindi-states-without-official-mandate-1936196-2022-04-11 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref>

== 2011 census ==
{| class="wikitable"
! State & Union territories !! Population of speakers<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census of India 2011 (Language) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42458/download/46089/C-16_25062018.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Census of India]], [[Government of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = C-16: Population by mother tongue, India - 2011 | author = Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India | url = https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10191}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India - C-17: Population by bilingualism and trilingualism, Manipur - 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/10276 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=censusindia.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=India - Census of India 2011 - LANGUAGE ATLAS - INDIA |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42561 |access-date=2023-11-16 |website=censusindia.gov.in |publisher=[[Census of India]], [[Government of India]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[India]] || 1761079
|-
| [[Manipur]] || 1522132
|-
| [[Assam]] || 168133
|-
| [[Tripura]] || 23779
|-
| [[Nagaland]] || 9511
|-
| [[Meghalaya]] || 4451
|-
| [[Karnataka]] || 4103
|-
| [[Delhi|NCT of Delhi]] || 3892
|-
| [[Maharashtra]] || 3475
|-
| [[Arunachal Pradesh]] || 2835
|-
| [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]] || 2370
|-
| [[Mizoram]] || 2242
|-
| [[Rajasthan]] || 2168
|-
| [[West Bengal]] || 2010
|-
| [[Andhra Pradesh]] || 1356
|-
| [[Uttar Pradesh]] || 1204
|-
| [[Madhya Pradesh]] || 1009
|-
| [[Tamil Nadu]] || 928
|-
| [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] || 901
|-
| [[Haryana]] || 563
|-
| [[Uttarakhand]] || 490
|-
| [[Chandigarh]] || 460
|-
| [[Kerala]] || 444
|-
| [[Gujarat]] || 408
|-
| [[Sikkim]] || 383
|-
| [[Goa]] || 367
|-
| [[Jharkhand]] || 364
|-
| [[Odisha]] || 306
|-
| [[Bihar]] || 238
|-
| [[Chhattisgarh]] || 202
|-
| [[Himachal Pradesh]] || 188
|-
| [[Dadra & Nagar Haveli]] || <100
|-
| [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]] || <100
|-
| [[Daman & Diu]] || <100
|-
| [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] || <100
|}

== As a second language ==
According to the [[Ethnologue]], in India, [[Meitei language]] is used as a [[second language]] (L2) by the various [[Naga people|Naga ethnic groups]] and [[Kuki-Chin-Mizo people|Kuki-Chin ethnic groups]], including [[Aimol people|Aimol]], [[Anāl people|Anal]], [[Chiru people|Chiru]], [[Chothe people|Chothe]], [[Gangte people|Gangte]], [[Hmar people|Hmar]], [[Inpui people|Inpui]], [[Kharam people|Kharam]], [[Koireng people|Koireng]], [[Kom people (India)|Kom]], [[Lamkang people|Lamkang]], [[Mao people|Mao]], [[Maram people|Maram]], [[Monsang people|Monsang]], [[Moyon people|Moyon]], [[Purum people|Purum]], [[Tarao people|Tarao]], [[Thadou people|Thadou]] ([[Chin people]]), [[Thangal Naga people]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Meitei {{!}} Ethnologue |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |website=[[Ethnologue]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724203234/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/ |archive-date=24 July 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[States of India by Bengali speakers]]
* [[States of India by Gujarati speakers]]
* [[States of India by Kashmiri speakers]]
* [[States of India by Malayalam speakers]]
* [[List of states and union territories of India by Punjabi speakers]]
* [[States of India by Sindhi speakers]]
* [[States of India by Kannada speakers]]
* [[States of India by Tamil speakers]]
* [[States of India by Telugu speakers]]
* [[States of India by Urdu speakers]]

== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Meitei language}}
{{Wikiquote|Meitei language}}
{{Wiktionary|Meitei}}
{{Wikibooks|Meitei language}}
{{Wikivoyage|Meitei language}}

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