Classical Meitei

Classical Meitei
Classical Meitei
Classical Manipuri
ꯊꯥꯛ ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯜ
Region	historically in Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur)
Ethnicity	Meitei ethnicity
Era	15th century BC - till present; continued as a liturgical language of Sanamahism (Meitei religion), spoken with a modernized pronunciation
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Indo-Mongolian Classical Meitei; ; ;
Writing system	Meitei script
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	None

Classical Meitei (Old Manipuri: ꯊꯥꯛ ꯋꯥꯡꯄ ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯜ; Meitei: ꯊꯥꯛ ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯜ) or Classical Manipuri (Meitei: ꯊꯥꯛ ꯑꯋꯥꯡꯕ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯜ) 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.^[2]

It reaches the criteria for being a classical language^[3] as it has attained the following four criteria:

It has a recorded history of more than 3500 years, exceeding 1500 years of history, for general criteria.^[4]
It has a huge volume of ancient literature and is the heritage of the present generation.^[5]
It has an original literary tradition independent from the other speech communities.^[6]
It has its ancient literature being distinct from the modern form. And, the modern Meitei is an offshoot of the archaic Meitei.^[7]

The presently available volume of ancient literature is actually lessened due to the dark historical event of Puya Mei Thaba (literally, "burning of the manuscripts") in the 18th century AD. 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.^[8]

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[1] Primrose, Arthur John (1888). A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary, and Phrase Book: To which are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs and Specimens of Manipuri Correspondence. Assam Secretariat Press. p. 1.

[2] "Manipuri is a classical language | KanglaOnline". Archived from the original on 2021-04-30. Retrieved 2021-04-30.

[3] ttp://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/

[4] ttp://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/

[5] ttp://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/

[6] ttp://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/

[7] ttp://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/

[8] ttp://www.pothashang.in/2018/02/21/manipuri-language-belongs-tibeto-burma-touched-criteria-classical-language/

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