Breaking News Manipur: In this news blog, you will read all about how the Assam assembly passed a bill on Thursday to make the Manipuri associate official language in the 4 districts of Assam. Read also in this Manipur news article blog about how many Manipurs are there in Assam currently and how many are in Barak Valley. Know about also where the Manipuri language is spoken.
The district's names recently made Manipuri the official language in Assam including Cachar, Hailakandi, Hojai, and Karigamj districts. This is actually passed after the presentation of the Assam official language (Amendment Bill 2024) before the Assembly House.
How did the Meitei language become the associated official language of Assam recently in 4 districts?
The Meitei language has been made the official language of Assam by the Govt of Assam. Behind this achievement, there is a a story of long language movement campaign in Assam. In the year 2023, the demanding committee of the Meitei language inclusion in Assam's official language walked a long march for about 300 km. In this matter, the Titular king of Manipur Leishemba Sanajaoba also wrote a letter to the Assam govt for examining on the matter.
Thankfully in the year 2024, the Assam govt approved the request and added the additional official language of 4 districts of Assam.
How many Manipuris are there in Assam?
According to the Wikipedia resource, it stated that the total number of Manipuri living in Assam state of India reached 1,522,132 as per the 2011 census.
This is very interesting to know also the number of Manipuri in other states of India. Here is the table that shows the number and State name where Manipuris are living currently as per the 2011 census reports India
How many Manipuri people are in Barak Valley?
The total number of Manipuri in the Barak valley reached 2.5 lakhs approximately and they lived at 195 Manipuri villages.
Where is the Manipuri Language spoken?
The Manipuri Language is spoken in the state of Manipur as well as by the Manipuri people living in Assam, Arunachal, Nagaland, Myanmar, and Bangladesh.
The Manipuri language script we study today in school education is called the meitei Mayek and is written from left to right. The meitei Mayek language of Manipur is a unicameral script with no upper and lower case. This meitei mayek script is also called the Kanglei script or the Kok sam lai script. There is a long history of the meitei ayek script, which appeared in the 6th century CE (according to Wikipedia). There is evidence of literary works in Meitei Mayek inscriptions on copper plates.
Is Manipuri and Meitei the same?
Yes the the two terms are the same, The meiteis are also called the Manipuris.
Here in this news blog, you have read the Assam government bill to include Manipuri as an official language in 4 districts.
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