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| glottorefname = Manipuri | | glottorefname = Manipuri | ||
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| era = 15th century BC - till present; continued as a liturgical language of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]) | | era = 15th century BC - till present; continued as a liturgical language of [[Sanamahism]] ([[Meitei religion]]), spoken with a modernized pronunciation | ||
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| fam1 = [[Sino-Tibetan]] | | fam1 = [[Sino-Tibetan]] | ||
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'''Classical Meitei''' ({{lang-omp|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯪꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}; {{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}) or '''Classical Manipuri''' ({{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 | '''Classical Meitei''' ({{lang-omp|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯪꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}; {{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ}}) or '''Classical Manipuri''' ({{lang-mni|ꯊꯥꯛꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ}}) 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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kanglaonline.com/2017/04/manipuri-is-a-classical-language/ |title=Manipuri is a classical language | 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 }}</ref> | ||
It reaches the criteria for being a classical language<ref>http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/</ref> as it has attained the following four criteria: | It reaches the criteria for being a classical language<ref>http://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/</ref> as it has attained the following four criteria: | ||