mniTechnical information about ISO 639 language code mni
The table below provides technical details for the Manipuri language, designated by the mni code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
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| Standard | |
| Name | Manipuri |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Meitei (Standard/Imphal)Loi (Chakpa)Pangal (Manipuri Muslim) |
| Related languages | TangkhulThadouPaiteHmar |
| Key facts | Written in the indigenous Meitei Mayek script that predates the 12th century but was largely replaced by Bengali script until its modern revivalDisplays rich agglutinative morphology, attaching multiple suffixes to a verb stem to mark tense, aspect, mood and politenessContains a historical corpus of court chronicles called the Cheitharol Kumbaba, one of the oldest continuous royal records in South AsiaTone is phonemic in Manipuri, with lexical and grammatical contrasts marked by pitchVocabulary shows significant influence from Indo-Aryan languages such as Sanskrit, Bengali and Hindi along with Tibeto-Burman roots |
| Sample phrase | ꯍꯦꯜꯂꯣ, ꯅꯥꯡꯕꯨ ꯀꯔꯤ ꯂꯦꯢꯔꯦ? |
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| Supported in Localizely |
The Manipuri language, identified by the code mni, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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