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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE" title="বিষ্ণুপ্ৰিয়া মণিপুৰী ভাষা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="বিষ্ণুপ্ৰিয়া মণিপুৰী ভাষা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_Manipuri" title="Bishnupriya Manipuri – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Bishnupriya Manipuri" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C5%9Fnupriya-manipuri" title="Bişnupriya-manipuri – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Bişnupriya-manipuri" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="بیشنوپرییا-مانیپوری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="بیشنوپرییا-مانیپوری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80_%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE" title="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী ভাষা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী ভাষা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_Manipuri-g%C3%AD" title="Bishnupriya Manipuri-gí – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bishnupriya Manipuri-gí" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%96%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Бішнупрыя-маніпуры – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Бішнупрыя-маніпуры" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_manipuri" title="Bishnupriya manipuri – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Bishnupriya manipuri" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C5%A1nuprijskomanipur%C5%A1tina" title="Bišnuprijskomanipurština – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Bišnuprijskomanipurština" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_Manipuri" title="Bishnupriya Manipuri – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Bishnupriya Manipuri" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_Manipuri" title="Bishnupriya Manipuri – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bishnupriya Manipuri" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C5%9Dnuprija_manipura_lingvo" title="Biŝnuprija manipura lingvo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Biŝnuprija manipura lingvo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D9%BE%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="زبان بیشنوپریا مانیپوری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="زبان بیشنوپریا مانیپوری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_manipuri" title="Bishnupriya manipuri – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bishnupriya manipuri" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_bishnupriya_manipuri" title="Lingua bishnupriya manipuri – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Lingua bishnupriya manipuri" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_Manipuri-ng%C3%AE" title="Bishnupriya Manipuri-ngî – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Bishnupriya Manipuri-ngî" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%84%EC%8A%88%EB%88%84%ED%94%84%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%BC%EB%A7%88%EB%8B%88%ED%91%B8%EB%A5%B4%EC%96%B4" title="비슈누프리야마니푸르어 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="비슈누프리야마니푸르어" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BA%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1" title="Բիշնուպրիա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բիշնուպրիա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="बिष्णुप्रिया मणिपुरी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="बिष्णुप्रिया मणिपुरी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C5%A1nuprijski_manipurski_jezik" title="Bišnuprijski manipurski jezik – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Bišnuprijski manipurski jezik" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80" title="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Manipur_Bishnupriya" title="Bahasa Manipur Bishnupriya – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Bahasa Manipur Bishnupriya" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_bishnupriya" title="Lingua bishnupriya – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Lingua bishnupriya" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_Bisnupriya" title="Lingua Bisnupriya – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Lingua Bisnupriya" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bi%C5%A1nuprija_manipuri_kalba" title="Bišnuprija manipuri kalba – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bišnuprija manipuri kalba" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A3%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80" title="विष्णुप्रिया मणिपुरी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विष्णुप्रिया मणिपुरी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%87" title="لغه بيشنوبريا مانيبوريه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="لغه بيشنوبريا مانيبوريه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahasa_Bishnupur_Manipur" title="Bahasa Bishnupur Manipur – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Bahasa Bishnupur Manipur" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya" title="Bishnupriya – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bishnupriya" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" 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मणिपुरी भाषा" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8C%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E8%AA%9E" title="ビシュヌプリヤ・マニプリ語 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ビシュヌプリヤ・マニプリ語" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_manipuri" title="Bishnupriya manipuri – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Bishnupriya manipuri" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa 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href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenga_bishnupriya_manipuri" title="Lenga bishnupriya manipuri – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Lenga bishnupriya manipuri" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%99zyk_bisznuprija-manipuri" title="Język bisznuprija-manipuri – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Język bisznuprija-manipuri" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishnupriya_Manipuri" title="Bishnupriya Manipuri – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Bishnupriya Manipuri" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%88%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8" title="Бишнуприя-манипури – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Бишнуприя-манипури" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%A9_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AD%E1%B1%9F_%E1%B1%A2%E1%B1%B3%E1%B1%B1%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%A9%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A4_%E1%B1%AF%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B9%E1%B1%A8%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%A4" title="ᱵᱤᱥᱱᱩ ᱯᱨᱤᱭᱟ ᱢᱳᱱᱤᱯᱩᱨᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱵᱤᱥᱱᱩ ᱯᱨᱤᱭᱟ ᱢᱳᱱᱤᱯᱩᱨᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" 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class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bishnupriya_people" title="Bishnupriya people">Bishnupriyas</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Native speakers</div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">119,646 total speakers <ul><li>79,646 in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><sup id="cite_ref-Abstract_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abstract-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>53,812 in <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a><sup id="cite_ref-Census_Assam_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Assam-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>21,242 in <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a><sup id="cite_ref-Census_Tripura_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Tripura-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1,457 in <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a><sup id="cite_ref-Census_Manipur_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Census_Manipur-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>40,000 in <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ethnologue_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethnologue-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2003–2011)<sup id="cite_ref-Ethnologue_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethnologue-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Abstract_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Abstract-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><span class="wrap"><a href="/wiki/Language_family" title="Language family">Language family</a></span></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><div style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages">Indo-European</a> <ul style="line-height:100%; margin-left:1.35em;padding-left:0"><li> <a href="/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages" title="Indo-Iranian languages">Indo-Iranian</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan</a><ul style="line-height:100%;margin-left:0.45em;padding-left:0;"><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Indo-Aryan_languages" 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system</a></span></div></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Bengali-Assamese_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali-Assamese script">Bengali-Assamese script</a><sup id="cite_ref-Ethnologue_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ethnologue-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: black; background-color: #c9ffd9;">Language codes</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/ISO_639-3" title="ISO 639-3">ISO 639-3</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><code><a href="https://iso639-3.sil.org/code/bpy" class="extiw" title="iso639-3:bpy">bpy</a></code></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><i><a href="/wiki/Glottolog" title="Glottolog">Glottolog</a></i></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><code><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://glottolog.org/resource/languoid/id/bish1244">bish1244</a></code></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/wiki/Endangered_Languages_Project" title="Endangered Languages Project">ELP</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/1246">Bishnupuriya</a></td></tr></tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236303919">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <p><b>Bishnupriya Manipuri</b>, also known as <b>Bishnupriya Meitei</b><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or simply as <b>Bishnupriya</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_lect" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Aryan lect">Indo-Aryan lect</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> belonging to the <a href="/wiki/Bengali%E2%80%93Assamese_languages" title="Bengali–Assamese languages">Bengali–Assamese</a> linguistic sub-branch. It is a <a href="/wiki/Creole_language" title="Creole language">creole</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei language</a> (also called <a href="/wiki/Manipuri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Manipuri language">Manipuri language</a>)</i> and it still retains its pre-Bengali features.<sup id="cite_ref-Frawley_2003_481_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frawley_2003_481-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haokip_2011_8_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haokip_2011_8-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_of_the_World's_Languages_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas_of_the_World's_Languages-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is spoken in parts of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian state">Indian states</a> of <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> as well as in the <a href="/wiki/Sylhet_Division" title="Sylhet Division">Sylhet Division</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>. It uses the <a href="/wiki/Bengali-Assamese_script" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali-Assamese script">Bengali-Assamese script</a> as its <a href="/wiki/Writing_system" title="Writing system">writing system</a>. Bishnupriya Manipuri, being a member of the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Eastern Indo-Aryan languages">Eastern Indo-Aryan languages</a>, was evolved from <a href="/wiki/Magadhi_Prakrit" title="Magadhi Prakrit">Magadhi Prakrit</a>. So, its origin is associated with <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a> realm.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Indo-Aryan_Languages_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Indo-Aryan_Languages-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Claus2003_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Claus2003-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chapter_Eleven:_Oriya_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chapter_Eleven:_Oriya-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Tripura" title="Government of Tripura">Government of Tripura</a> categorised Bishnnupriya Manipuri under the "Tribal Language Cell" of the State Council of Educational Research and Training. Its speakers are also given the "Other Backward Classes" status by the <a href="/wiki/Assam_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Assam Government">Assam Government</a> and notably, there is no legal status of the Bishnupriyas in <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2020s, the Bishnupriya speaking people started demanding that the <a href="/wiki/Assam_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Assam Government">Assam Government</a> should give them the status of "<a href="/wiki/Indigenous_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous people">indigenous people</a>" of Assam and treat the same like other indigenous communities of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Bishnupriya-speaking people use <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language_in_Bangladesh" title="Meitei language in Bangladesh">Meitei language in Bangladesh</a> as their <a href="/wiki/Second_language" title="Second language">second language</a> (L2).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Fellowship" title="Sahitya Akademi Fellowship">Sahitya Akademi honorary fellow</a> British linguist <a href="/wiki/Ronald_E._Asher" title="Ronald E. Asher">Ronald E. Asher</a> and Christopher Moseley, Bishnupriya is a <a href="/wiki/Mixed_language" title="Mixed language">mixed language</a> spoken by former Bengali immigrants, with substantial <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meithei</a> lexicon but basically <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> structure and reduced morphology.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to linguist and historian <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Dalby" title="Andrew Dalby">Andrew Dalby</a>, Bishnupriya (also known as "Mayang") is historically a form of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a> once current in Manipur.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to American linguist <a href="/wiki/David_Bradley_(linguist)" title="David Bradley (linguist)">David Bradley</a>'s research works published by the Department of Linguistics, <a href="/wiki/Research_School_of_Pacific_and_Asian_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies">Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Australian_National_University" title="Australian National University">Australian National University</a>, Bishnupriya is spoken by former <a href="/wiki/Bengali_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali people">Bengali</a> subjects, with some <a href="/wiki/Manipuri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Manipuri language">Manipuri</a> lexicon and reduced morphology.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_development">History and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Manipur_(Mahabharata)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manipur (Mahabharata)">Manipur (Mahabharata)</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Indo-Aryan_language_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Indo-Aryan_language_map.svg/300px-Indo-Aryan_language_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="302" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Indo-Aryan_language_map.svg/450px-Indo-Aryan_language_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Indo-Aryan_language_map.svg/600px-Indo-Aryan_language_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1617" data-file-height="1630" /></a><figcaption>The shades of yellow show the linguistic map of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Eastern Indo-Aryan languages">Eastern Indo-Aryan languages</a>, the family where Bishnupriya belongs to.</figcaption></figure> <p>Bishnupriya is a member of the <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81gadhan_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Māgadhan languages">Māgadhan languages</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Eastern Indo-Aryan languages">Eastern Indo-Aryan languages</a>), having origin associated with <a href="/wiki/Magadha_(Mahajanapada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadha (Mahajanapada)">Magadha</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Indo-Aryan_Languages_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Indo-Aryan_Languages-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Claus2003_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Claus2003-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chapter_Eleven:_Oriya_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chapter_Eleven:_Oriya-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bishnupriya is one of the <a href="/wiki/Bengali%E2%80%93Assamese_languages" title="Bengali–Assamese languages">Bengali–Assamese languages</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>KP Sinha, who has done considerable research on Bishnupriya Manipuri, disagrees with the theory of Bishnupriya being associated with the <a href="/wiki/Manipur_(Mahabharata)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manipur (Mahabharata)">Manipur (Mahabharata)</a> and is of the opinion that the language was originated through <a href="/wiki/Magadhi_Prakrit" title="Magadhi Prakrit">Magadhi Prakrit</a>. It is found from his observations that the language has retained dominant characteristics of <a href="/wiki/Magadhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadhi">Magadhi</a>. According to Sinha, pronouns and declensional and conjugational endings seem to be same as or closely related to those of <a href="/wiki/Maithili_language" title="Maithili language">Maithili</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oriya_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriya language">Oriya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a>. These forms of Oriya, Bengali, etc. are on their parts, derived from Magadhi Apabhramsa coming from the <a href="/wiki/Magadhi_Prakrit" title="Magadhi Prakrit">Magadhi Prakrita</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, the Bishnupriya Manipuri language is certainly not one of the <a href="/wiki/Tibeto-Burman_languages" title="Tibeto-Burman languages">Tibeto-Burman languages</a>, but is closer to the Indo-Aryan group of languages with remarkable influence from <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei</a> both grammatically and phonetically. At a different stage of development of the language the <a href="/wiki/Sauraseni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauraseni">Sauraseni</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maharashtri" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharashtri">Maharashtri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magadhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadhi">Magadhi</a> languages and the Tibeto-Burman languages exerted influence on it as well. So it was probably developed from Sanskrit, <a href="/wiki/Sauraseni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sauraseni">Sauraseni</a>-<a href="/wiki/Maharashtri_Prakrit" title="Maharashtri Prakrit">Maharashtri Prakrit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Magadhi_Prakrit" title="Magadhi Prakrit">Magadhi Prakrita</a>. The Sauraseni-Maharastri relation can be traced by observing some characteristics of pronouns. The <a href="/wiki/Magadhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadhi">Magadhi</a> element is also remarkable, as the language retains many characteristics of <a href="/wiki/Magadhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Magadhi">Magadhi</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conflict_of_classification_as_a_dialect_of_Bengali_and_Assamese">Conflict of classification as a dialect of Bengali and Assamese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Conflict of classification as a dialect of Bengali and Assamese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several scholars and linguists opine Bishnupriya as a dialect of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a> while many opine it as a dialect of <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese language</a>. At the same time, closer to the observations of the status of being a Bengali dialect, many renowned scholars opine Bishnupriya as a <a href="/wiki/Creole_language" title="Creole language">creole language</a> (mixed language) of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei language</a>, by retaining its pre-Bengali features in present times. </p><p>After all, it is obvious that Bishnupriya is greatly influenced by <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Tibeto-Burman_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibeto-Burman language">Tibeto-Burman language</a>) and other <a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan languages</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> to a great extent.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishnupriya_as_a_dialect_of_Bengali">Bishnupriya as a dialect of Bengali</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bishnupriya as a dialect of Bengali"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Suniti_Kumar_Chatterjee's_opinion"><span id="Suniti_Kumar_Chatterjee.27s_opinion"></span>Suniti Kumar Chatterjee's opinion</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Suniti Kumar Chatterjee's opinion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Renowned <a href="/wiki/Padma_Vibhushan" title="Padma Vibhushan">Padma Vibhushan</a> awardee Indian linguist <a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Kumar Chatterji</a> who is also a recognised Bengali phonetician, listed the Bishnupriya to be a dialect of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanajaoba_1988_152_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanajaoba_1988_152-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ningthoukhongjam_Khelchandra's_opinion"><span id="Ningthoukhongjam_Khelchandra.27s_opinion"></span>Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra's opinion</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra's opinion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to renowned <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> awardee Indian scholar <a href="/wiki/Ningthoukhongjam_Khelchandra" title="Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra">Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra</a>, "Bishnupriya" is a fragmented <a href="/wiki/Bengali_Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali Hindu">Bengali Hindu</a> community, originally native to <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>-<a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> trans border areas. When they migrated and lived in <a href="/wiki/Bishnupur,_Manipur" title="Bishnupur, Manipur">Bishnupur, Manipur</a> (formerly known as "Lamangdong"), they were known as "Bishnupuriyas", and later corrupted as "Bishnupriyas". Ethnolinguistically, they are Bengalis. Unlike the large number of Bengali-Assamese immigrants in <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a> being assimilated into <a href="/wiki/Meitei_people" title="Meitei people">Meitei ethnicity</a> until the 18th century, they remain un-assimilated.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanajaoba_1988_152_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanajaoba_1988_152-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishnupriya_as_a_Bengali-Meitei_creole">Bishnupriya as a Bengali-Meitei creole</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Bishnupriya as a Bengali-Meitei creole"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to scholar William Frawley, Bishnupriya was once a <a href="/wiki/Creole_language" title="Creole language">creole language</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei</a> and it still retains its pre-Bengali features.<sup id="cite_ref-Frawley_2003_481_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frawley_2003_481-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> American linguist and professor <a href="/wiki/Colin_Masica" title="Colin Masica">Masica</a> also has the same opinion like that of William.<sup id="cite_ref-Haokip_2011_8_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haokip_2011_8-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Shobhana_Chelliah" title="Shobhana Chelliah">Shobhana Chelliah</a>, Bishnupriya Manipuri is a <a href="/wiki/Mixed_language" title="Mixed language">mixed language</a> spoken by former Bengali immigrants, having significant amount of Meitei lexicons. Bishnupriya still retains its basic Bengali structural and morphological features.<sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_of_the_World's_Languages_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas_of_the_World's_Languages-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bishnupriya_as_a_dialect_of_Assamese">Bishnupriya as a dialect of Assamese</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bishnupriya as a dialect of Assamese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Several Irish and Indian linguists and scholars including <a href="/wiki/George_Abraham_Grierson" title="George Abraham Grierson">George Abraham Grierson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maheswar_Neog" title="Maheswar Neog">Maheswar Neog</a> and <a href="/wiki/Banikanta_Kakati" title="Banikanta Kakati">Banikanta Kakati</a> opine Bishnupriya as a dialect of <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Sanajaoba_1988_152_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanajaoba_1988_152-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Linguistic_survey_of_India">Linguistic survey of India</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Linguistic survey of India"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Linguistic_Survey_of_India" title="Linguistic Survey of India">Linguistic Survey of India</a> led by Grierson, "Bishnupriya" alias "Mayang" (Code no. 555) is a dialect of <a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese language</a> (Code no. 552).<sup id="cite_ref-Sanajaoba_1988_152_29-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sanajaoba_1988_152-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Meitei_elements_in_Bishnupriya">Meitei elements in Bishnupriya</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Meitei elements in Bishnupriya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bishnupriya has 4000 borrowed root words from <a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei language</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bishnupriya Manipuri retains the old eighteen sounds of Meitei. Of them, there were three vowels, such as <i>ɑ</i>, <i>i</i> and <i>u</i>, thirteen consonants such as p, t, k, pʰ, tʰ, kʰ, c͡ʃ, m, n, ŋ, l, ʃ, h and two semi-vowels, such as <i>w</i> and <i>j</i>. In later stage nine more sounds added to Meitei but Bishnupriya is not concerned with them, because the Bishnupriyas left Manipur during the first part of 19th century. That is why Bishnupriya Manipuri retains the older sounds of Meitei, whereas in Meitei itself the sound system has undergone various changes.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Vocabulary">Vocabulary</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Vocabulary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like other Indic languages, the core vocabulary of Bishnupriya Manipuri is made up of <i>tadbhava</i> words (i.e. words inherited over time from older Indic languages, including Sanskrit, including many historical changes in grammar and pronunciation), although thousands of <i>tatsama</i> words (i.e. words that were re-borrowed directly from Sanskrit with little phonetic or grammatical change) augment the vocabulary greatly. In addition, many other words were borrowed from languages spoken in the region either natively or as a colonial language, including Meitei, English, and Perso-Arabic.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li>Inherited/native Indic words (<i>tadbhava</i>): 10,000 (Of these, 2,000 are only found in Bishnupriya Manipuri, and have not been inherited by other Indic languages)</li> <li>Words re-borrowed from Sanskrit (<i>tatsama</i>): 10,000</li> <li>Words re-borrowed from Sanskrit, partially modified (<i>ardhatatsama</i>): 1,500</li> <li>Words borrowed from Meitei: 4000<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Words borrowed from other indigenous non-Indic languages (<i>desi</i>): 1,500</li> <li>Words borrowed from Perso-Arabic: 2,000</li> <li>Words borrowed from English: 700</li> <li>Hybrid words: 1,000</li> <li>Words of obscure origin: 1,300</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes_and_references">Notes and references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 May</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=censusindia.gov.in&rft.atitle=FAMILY-WISE+GROUPING+OF+THE+122+SCHEDULED+AND+NON-SCHEDULED+LANGUAGES+%E2%80%93+2001&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.censusindia.gov.in%2FCensus_Data_2001%2FCensus_Data_Online%2FLanguage%2Fstatement9.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMoseley2010" class="citation book cs1">Moseley, Christopher (1 January 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kFVthqmDs_kC&dq=bishnupriya+creole&pg=PA139"><i>Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger</i></a>. UNESCO. p. 139. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-92-3-104096-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-92-3-104096-2"><bdi>978-92-3-104096-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Atlas+of+the+World%27s+Languages+in+Danger&rft.pages=139&rft.pub=UNESCO&rft.date=2010-01-01&rft.isbn=978-92-3-104096-2&rft.aulast=Moseley&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkFVthqmDs_kC%26dq%3Dbishnupriya%2Bcreole%26pg%3DPA139&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Frawley_2003_481-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Frawley_2003_481_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Frawley_2003_481_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrawley2003" class="citation book cs1">Frawley, William (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sl_dDVctycgC&dq=Bishnupriya+bengali+dialect&pg=PA481"><i>International Encyclopedia of Linguistics: 4-Volume Set</i></a>. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 481. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-513977-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-513977-8"><bdi>978-0-19-513977-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=International+Encyclopedia+of+Linguistics%3A+4-Volume+Set&rft.pages=481&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press%2C+USA&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-19-513977-8&rft.aulast=Frawley&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dsl_dDVctycgC%26dq%3DBishnupriya%2Bbengali%2Bdialect%26pg%3DPA481&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Haokip_2011_8-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Haokip_2011_8_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Haokip_2011_8_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaokip2011" class="citation book cs1">Haokip, Pauthang (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=hnYShQ7TryMC&dq=Bishnupriya+bengali+dialect&pg=PA8"><i>Socio-linguistic Situation in North-East India</i></a>. Concept Publishing Company. p. 8. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-8069-760-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-8069-760-9"><bdi>978-81-8069-760-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Socio-linguistic+Situation+in+North-East+India&rft.pages=8&rft.pub=Concept+Publishing+Company&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-81-8069-760-9&rft.aulast=Haokip&rft.aufirst=Pauthang&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DhnYShQ7TryMC%26dq%3DBishnupriya%2Bbengali%2Bdialect%26pg%3DPA8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Atlas_of_the_World's_Languages-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Atlas_of_the_World's_Languages_15-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Atlas_of_the_World's_Languages_15-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsherMoseley2018" class="citation book cs1">Asher, R. E.; Moseley, Christopher (19 April 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=R0xWDwAAQBAJ&dq=Bishnupriya+bengali+dialect&pg=PR97"><i>Atlas of the World's Languages</i></a>. Routledge. p. 97. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-317-85108-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-317-85108-0"><bdi>978-1-317-85108-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Atlas+of+the+World%27s+Languages&rft.pages=97&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2018-04-19&rft.isbn=978-1-317-85108-0&rft.aulast=Asher&rft.aufirst=R.+E.&rft.au=Moseley%2C+Christopher&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DR0xWDwAAQBAJ%26dq%3DBishnupriya%2Bbengali%2Bdialect%26pg%3DPR97&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Indo-Aryan_Languages-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-The_Indo-Aryan_Languages_16-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-The_Indo-Aryan_Languages_16-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCardonaJain2003" class="citation cs2">Cardona, George; Jain, Dhanesh, eds. (2003), "The historical context and development of Indo-Aryan", <i>The Indo-Aryan Languages</i>, Routledge language family series, London: Routledge, pp. 46–66, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7007-1130-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-7007-1130-9"><bdi>0-7007-1130-9</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+historical+context+and+development+of+Indo-Aryan&rft.btitle=The+Indo-Aryan+Languages&rft.place=London&rft.series=Routledge+language+family+series&rft.pages=46-66&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-7007-1130-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Claus2003-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Claus2003_17-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Claus2003_17-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">South Asian folklore: an encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, By Peter J. 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Routledge. p. 445. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-135-79711-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-135-79711-9">978-1-135-79711-9</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.sentinelassam.com/guwahati-city/bishnupriya-manipuris-demand-satellite-autonomous-council-512954">"Bishnupriya Manipuris demand satellite autonomous council - Sentinelassam"</a>. <i>www.sentinelassam.com</i>. 24 November 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 July</span> 2022</span>. <q>The Tripura government has categorized and placed the Bishnupriya Manipuri language under the Tribal Language Cell of the State Council of Educational Research and Training, while in Assam they are considered among Other Backward Classes (OBC), whereas in Manipur from where these people originated remains status-less</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=www.sentinelassam.com&rft.atitle=Bishnupriya+Manipuris+demand+satellite+autonomous+council+-+Sentinelassam&rft.date=2020-11-24&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sentinelassam.com%2Fguwahati-city%2Fbishnupriya-manipuris-demand-satellite-autonomous-council-512954&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/plea-for-indigenous-status-of-bishnupriya-manipuris/cid/1732111">"Plea for indigenous status"</a>. <i>The Telegraph</i>. India<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 November</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Telegraph&rft.atitle=Plea+for+indigenous+status&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraphindia.com%2Fnorth-east%2Fplea-for-indigenous-status-of-bishnupriya-manipuris%2Fcid%2F1732111&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190724203234/https://www.ethnologue.com/language/mni/">"Meitei | Ethnologue"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Ethnologue" title="Ethnologue">Ethnologue</a></i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 May</span> 2023</span>. <q>Used as L2 by Bishnupuriya [bpy].</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Ethnologue&rft.atitle=Meitei+%7C+Ethnologue&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ethnologue.com%2Flanguage%2Fmni%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_web" title="Template:Cite web">cite web</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown" title="Category:CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown">link</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAsherMoseley2018" class="citation book cs1">Asher, R. 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Sundeep Prakashan. p. 217. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7574-162-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7574-162-1"><bdi>978-81-7574-162-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Trends+in+the+Interpretation+of+the+Vedas&rft.pages=217&rft.pub=Sundeep+Prakashan&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-81-7574-162-1&rft.aulast=Sarmah&rft.aufirst=Thaneswar&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkJfXAAAAMAAJ%26q%3Dbishnupriya&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Sanajaoba_1988_152-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Sanajaoba_1988_152_29-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sanajaoba_1988_152_29-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sanajaoba_1988_152_29-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Sanajaoba_1988_152_29-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSanajaoba1988" class="citation book cs1">Sanajaoba, Naorem (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=-CzSQKVmveUC&dq=Bishnupriya+bengali+dialect&pg=PA152"><i>Manipur, Past and Present: The Heritage and Ordeals of a Civilization</i></a>. Mittal Publications. p. 152. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-7099-853-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-7099-853-2"><bdi>978-81-7099-853-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Manipur%2C+Past+and+Present%3A+The+Heritage+and+Ordeals+of+a+Civilization&rft.pages=152&rft.pub=Mittal+Publications&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-81-7099-853-2&rft.aulast=Sanajaoba&rft.aufirst=Naorem&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D-CzSQKVmveUC%26dq%3DBishnupriya%2Bbengali%2Bdialect%26pg%3DPA152&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinghSamiuddin2003" class="citation book cs1">Singh, Nagendra Kr; Samiuddin, Abida (2003). <i>Encyclopaedic Historiography of the Muslim World</i>. 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Springer. p. 207. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-54906-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-642-54906-9"><bdi>978-3-642-54906-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Computational+Linguistics+and+Intelligent+Text+Processing%3A+15th+International+Conference%2C+CICLing+2014%2C+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal%2C+April+6-12%2C+2014%2C+Proceedings%2C+Part+I&rft.pages=207&rft.pub=Springer&rft.date=2014-04-18&rft.isbn=978-3-642-54906-9&rft.aulast=Gelbukh&rft.aufirst=Alexander&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdS66BQAAQBAJ%26q%3DBishnupriya%2B4000%2Bborrowed%2Broot%2Bwords%2Bfrom%2BMeitei%26pg%3DPA207&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinha1981" class="citation book cs1">Sinha, Kali Prasad (1981). <i>The Bishnupriya Manipuri Language</i>. 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Springer. p. 207. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-642-54906-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-642-54906-9"><bdi>978-3-642-54906-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Computational+Linguistics+and+Intelligent+Text+Processing%3A+15th+International+Conference%2C+CICLing+2014%2C+Kathmandu%2C+Nepal%2C+April+6-12%2C+2014%2C+Proceedings%2C+Part+I&rft.pages=207&rft.pub=Springer&rft.date=2014-04-18&rft.isbn=978-3-642-54906-9&rft.aulast=Gelbukh&rft.aufirst=Alexander&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdS66BQAAQBAJ%26q%3DBishnupriya%2B4000%2Bborrowed%2Broot%2Bwords%2Bfrom%2BMeitei%26pg%3DPA207&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABishnupriya+Manipuri" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li><i>Vasatatvar Ruprekha</i>/ Dr. K. P. Sinha, Silchar, 1977</li> <li><i>Manipuri jaatisotta bitorko: ekti niropekkho paath</i> /Ashim Kumar Singha, Sylhet, 2001</li> <li>G. K. Ghose / Tribals and Their Culture in Manipur and Nagaland, 1982</li> <li>Raj Mohan Nath / The Background of Assamese Culture, 2nd edn, 1978</li> <li>Sir G. A. Grierson / Linguistic Survey of India, Vol-5, 1903</li> <li>Dr. K. P. Sinha / An Etymological Dictionary of Bishnupriya Manipuri, 1982</li> <li>Dr. M. Kirti Singh / Religious developments in Manipur in the 18th and 19th centuuy, Imphal, 1980</li> <li>Singha, Jagat Mohan & Singha, Birendra / The Bishnupriya Manipuris & Their Language, silchar, 1976</li> <li>Parimal Sinha and Anup Sinha / Bishnupuriya language Development, 2017.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bishnupriya_Manipuri&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output 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title="Sindhi languages">Sindhi</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jadgali_language" title="Jadgali language">Jadgali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kholosi_language" title="Kholosi language">Kholosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutchi_language" title="Kutchi language">Kutchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luwati_language" title="Luwati language">Luwati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Memoni_language" title="Memoni language">Memoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sindhi_language" title="Sindhi language">Sindhi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_languages" title="Gujarati languages">Gujarati</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aer_language" title="Aer language">Aer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_language" title="Gujarati language">Gujarati</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lisan_ud-Dawat" title="Lisan ud-Dawat">Lisan ud-Dawat</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jandavra_language" title="Jandavra language">Jandavra</a></li> <li>Koli <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kachi_Koli_language" title="Kachi Koli language">Kachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkari_Koli_language" title="Parkari Koli language">Parkari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wadiyara_Koli_language" title="Wadiyara Koli language">Wadiyara</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saurashtra_language" title="Saurashtra language">Saurashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaghri_language" title="Vaghri language">Vaghri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rajasthani_languages" title="Rajasthani languages">Rajasthani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagri_language" title="Bagri language">Bagri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goaria_language" title="Goaria language">Goaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loarki_language" title="Loarki language">Loarki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujari_language" title="Gujari language">Gujari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhundari_language" title="Dhundari language">Dhundari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harauti_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Harauti language">Harauti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malvi_language" title="Malvi language">Malvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marwari_language" title="Marwari language">Marwari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mewati_language" title="Mewati language">Mewati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mewari_language" title="Mewari language">Mewari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shekhawati_language" title="Shekhawati language">Shekhawati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhatki_language" title="Dhatki language">Dhatki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Od_language" title="Od language">Od</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimadi_language" title="Nimadi language">Nimadi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bhil_languages" title="Bhil languages">Bhil</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhili_language" title="Bhili language">Bhili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhilali_language" title="Bhilali language">Bhilali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chodri_language" title="Chodri language">Chodri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhodia%E2%80%93Kukna_language" title="Dhodia–Kukna language">Dhodia–Kukna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhanki_language" title="Dhanki language">Dhanki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubli_language" title="Dubli language">Dubli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bauria_language" title="Bauria language">Bauria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhilori_language" title="Bhilori language">Bhilori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mawchi_language" title="Mawchi language">Mawchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magari_language" title="Magari language">Magari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palya_Bareli_language" title="Palya Bareli language">Palya Bareli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pauri_Bareli_language" title="Pauri Bareli language">Pauri Bareli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathwi_Bareli_language" title="Rathwi Bareli language">Rathwi Bareli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pardhi_language" title="Pardhi language">Pardhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamit_language" title="Gamit language">Gamit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalto_language" title="Kalto language">Kalto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasavi_language" title="Vasavi language">Vasavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagdi" title="Wagdi">Wagdi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaagri_Booli_language" title="Vaagri Booli language">Vaagri Booli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Khandeshi_language" title="Khandeshi language">Khandeshi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambadi" title="Lambadi">Lambadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawoodi_language" title="Dawoodi language">Dawoodi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Domari_language" title="Domari language">Domari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_language" title="Romani language">Romani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Romani_languages" title="Template:Romani languages">list of languages</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Central_Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Central Indo-Aryan languages">Central</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Braj_Bhasha" title="Braj Bhasha">Braj Bhasha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundeli_language" title="Bundeli language">Bundeli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryanvi_language" title="Haryanvi language">Haryanvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustani_language" title="Hindustani language">Hindustani</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kauravi_dialect" title="Kauravi dialect">Kauravi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinglish" title="Hinglish">Hinglish</a>/<a href="/wiki/Urdish" title="Urdish">Urdish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deccani_language" title="Deccani language">Deccani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judeo-Urdu" title="Judeo-Urdu">Judeo-Urdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyderabadi_Urdu" title="Hyderabadi Urdu">Hyderabadi Urdu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rekhta" title="Rekhta">Rekhta</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannauji_language" title="Kannauji language">Kannauji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sansi_language" title="Sansi language">Sansi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadhukkadi" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadhukkadi">Sadhukkadi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awadhi_language" title="Awadhi language">Awadhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagheli_language" title="Bagheli language">Bagheli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarhi_language" title="Chhattisgarhi language">Chhattisgarhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fiji_Hindi" title="Fiji Hindi">Fiji Hindi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Parya_language" title="Parya language">Parya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Eastern Indo-Aryan languages">Eastern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bihari_languages" title="Bihari languages">Bihari</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bhojpuric</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caribbean_Hindustani" title="Caribbean Hindustani">Caribbean Hindustani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Magahi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Magahi_language" title="Magahi language">Magahi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khortha_language" title="Khortha language">Khortha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maithili</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maithili_language" title="Maithili language">Maithili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angika" title="Angika">Angika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajjika" title="Bajjika">Bajjika</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sadanic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadri language">Sadri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurmali_language" title="Kurmali language">Kurmali</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tharuic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tharu_languages" title="Tharu languages">Tharu</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kochila_Tharu" title="Kochila Tharu">Kochila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buksa_language" title="Buksa language">Buksa</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Majhi_language" title="Majhi language">Majhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musasa_language" title="Musasa language">Musasa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kumhali_language" title="Kumhali language">Kumhali</a></li> <li>Kuswaric <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bote-Darai_language" title="Bote-Darai language">Bote-Darai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danwar_language" title="Danwar language">Danwar</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gauda%E2%80%93Kamarupa_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauda–Kamarupa languages">Gauda–<br />Kamarupa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bengali</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_dialects" title="Bengali dialects">dialects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupriya_Manipuri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupriya Manipuri language">Bishnupriya Manipuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajong_language" title="Hajong language">Hajong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharia_Thar_language" title="Kharia Thar language">Kharia Thar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurmukar_language" title="Kurmukar language">Kurmukar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mal_Paharia_language" title="Mal Paharia language">Mal Paharia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noakhailla_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Noakhailla language">Noakhailla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylheti_language" title="Sylheti language">Sylheti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tanchangya_language" title="Tanchangya language">Tanchangya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Kamarupic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamrupi_dialects" title="Kamrupi dialects">Kamrupi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goalpariya_dialects" title="Goalpariya dialects">Goalpariya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajbanshi_language_(Nepal)" title="Rajbanshi language (Nepal)">Rajbanshi (Nepal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangpuri_language" title="Rangpuri language">Rangpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surjapuri_language" title="Surjapuri language">Surjapuri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Chittagonian</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chittagonian_language" title="Chittagonian language">Chittagonian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chakma_language" title="Chakma language">Chakma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohingya_language" title="Rohingya language">Rohingya</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Odia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odia_language" title="Odia language">Odia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sambalpuri_language" title="Sambalpuri language">Sambalpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Desia_language" title="Desia language">Desia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhatri_language" title="Bhatri language">Bhatri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo_Parja_language" title="Bodo Parja language">Bodo Parja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reli_language" title="Reli language">Reli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kupia_language" title="Kupia language">Kupia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Halbic_languages" title="Halbic languages">Halbic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Halbi_language" title="Halbi language">Halbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamar_language" title="Kamar language">Kamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhunjia_language_(Halbic)" title="Bhunjia language (Halbic)">Bhunjia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nahari_language" title="Nahari language">Nahari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Marathi-Konkani_languages" title="Marathi-Konkani languages">Marathi–<br />Konkani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Marathic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varhadi_dialect" title="Varhadi dialect">Varhadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andh_language" title="Andh language">Andh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berar-Deccan_Marathi" title="Berar-Deccan Marathi">Berar Deccan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Varli_language" title="Varli language">Varli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phudagi_language" title="Phudagi language">Phudagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katkari_language" title="Katkari language">Katkari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadodi_language" title="Kadodi language">Kadodi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Konkanic</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Konkani_language" title="Konkani language">Konkani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrian_Konkani" class="mw-redirect" title="Maharashtrian Konkani">Maharashtrian Konkani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canarese_Konkani" title="Canarese Konkani">Canarese Konkani</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Insular</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maldivian_language" title="Maldivian language">Maldivian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Old</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vedic_Sanskrit" title="Vedic Sanskrit">Vedic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Classical_Sanskrit" class="mw-redirect" title="Classical Sanskrit">Classical</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_superstrate_in_Mitanni" title="Indo-Aryan superstrate in Mitanni">Mitanni superstrate</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Middle_Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Middle Indo-Aryan languages">Middle</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashokan_Prakrit" title="Ashokan Prakrit">Ashokan Prakrit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pali" title="Pali">Pāli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardhamagadhi_Prakrit" title="Ardhamagadhi Prakrit">Early Ardhamagadhi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Middle (<a href="/wiki/Prakrit" title="Prakrit">Prakrit</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Hybrid_Sanskrit" title="Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit">Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dramatic_Prakrit" title="Dramatic Prakrit">Dramatic Prakrits</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ardhamagadhi_Prakrit" title="Ardhamagadhi Prakrit">Ardhamagadhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magadhi_Prakrit" title="Magadhi Prakrit">Magadhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtri_Prakrit" title="Maharashtri Prakrit">Maharashtri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shauraseni_Prakrit" title="Shauraseni Prakrit">Shauraseni</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gandhari_language" title="Gandhari language">Gāndhārī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaudi_Prakrit" title="Gaudi Prakrit">Gaudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paishachi" title="Paishachi">Paishachi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Late (<a href="/wiki/Apabhra%E1%B9%83%C5%9Ba" title="Apabhraṃśa">Apabhraṃśa</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abahattha" title="Abahattha">Abahattha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apabhra%E1%B9%83%C5%9Ba" title="Apabhraṃśa">Apabhraṃśa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elu" title="Elu">Elu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamarupi_Prakrit" title="Kamarupi Prakrit">Kamarupi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasa_Prakrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Khasa Prakrit language">Khasa Prakrit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proto-<br />languages</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-Iranian_language" title="Proto-Indo-Iranian language">Proto-Indo-Iranian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-Aryan_language" title="Proto-Indo-Aryan language">Proto-Indo-Aryan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unclassified</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badeshi" title="Badeshi">Badeshi</a> (unknown further classification)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bazigar_language" title="Bazigar language">Bazigar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinali%E2%80%93Lahul_languages" title="Chinali–Lahul languages">Chinali–Lahul</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinali_language" title="Chinali language">Chinali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lahul_Lohar_language" title="Lahul Lohar language">Lahul Lohar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikhgal" title="Sheikhgal">Sheikhgal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pidgins<br />and creoles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_Creole_Hindi" title="Andaman Creole Hindi">Andaman Creole Hindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombay_Hindi" title="Bombay Hindi">Bombay Hindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haflong_Hindi" title="Haflong Hindi">Haflong Hindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagamese_creole" title="Nagamese creole">Nagamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefamese" title="Nefamese">Nefamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vedda_language" title="Vedda language">Vedda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Indo-Iranian_languages" title="Indo-Iranian languages">Indo-Iranian languages</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nuristani_languages" title="Nuristani languages">Nuristani languages</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Iranian_languages" title="Iranian languages">Iranian languages</a></dd></dl> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Languages_of_Northeast_India" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sal_languages" title="Sal languages">Sal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deori_language" title="Deori language">Deori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocte_language" title="Nocte language">Nocte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singpho_dialect" title="Singpho dialect">Singpho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangsa_language" title="Tangsa language">Tangsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutsa_language" title="Tutsa language">Tutsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wancho_language" title="Wancho language">Wancho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tani_languages" title="Tani languages">Tani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Adi language">Adi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apatani_language" title="Apatani language">Apatani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bori_language" title="Bori language">Bori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallong_language" title="Gallong language">Gallong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishi_language" title="Nishi language">Nishi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangam_language" title="Tangam language">Tangam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yano_language" title="Yano language">Yano</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hajong_language" title="Hajong language">Hajong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_language" title="Karbi language">Karbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milang_language" title="Milang language">Milang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nefamese" title="Nefamese">Nefamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puimei_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Puimei language">Puimei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Assam">Assam</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Indo-Aryan_languages" title="Indo-Aryan languages">Indo-Aryan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese‎</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bishnupriya_Manipuri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bishnupriya Manipuri language">Bishnupriya Manipuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haflong_Hindi" title="Haflong Hindi">Haflong Hindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sylheti_language" title="Sylheti language">Sylheti</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sino-Tibetan_languages" title="Sino-Tibetan languages">Sino-Tibetan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kuki-Chin_languages" title="Kuki-Chin languages">Kuki-Chin</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amri_language" title="Amri language">Amri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bawm_language" title="Bawm language">Bawm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biate_language" title="Biate language">Biate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiru_language" title="Chiru language">Chiru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangte_language" title="Gangte language">Gangte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hmar_language" title="Hmar language">Hmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrangkhol_language" title="Hrangkhol language">Hrangkhol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_language" title="Karbi language">Karbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paite_language" title="Paite language">Paite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ranglong_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ranglong language">Ranglong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saihriem_language" title="Saihriem language">Saihriem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakachep_language" title="Sakachep language">Sakachep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaiphei_language" title="Vaiphei language">Vaiphei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sal_languages" title="Sal languages">Sal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barman_language" title="Barman language">Barman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bodo_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo language">Bodo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deori_language" title="Deori language">Deori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimasa_language" title="Dimasa language">Dimasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garo_language" title="Garo language">Garo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kachari_language" title="Kachari language">Kachari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koch_language" title="Koch language">Koch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kokborok" title="Kokborok">Kokborok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moran_language" title="Moran language">Moran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nocte_language" title="Nocte language">Nocte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rabha_language" title="Rabha language">Rabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Singpho_dialect" title="Singpho dialect">Singpho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangsa_language" title="Tangsa language">Tangsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiwa_language_(India)" title="Tiwa language (India)">Tiwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turung_language" title="Turung language">Turung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tutsa_language" title="Tutsa language">Tutsa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wancho_language" title="Wancho language">Wancho</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tani_languages" title="Tani languages">Tani</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Adi language">Adi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bangni-Tagin_language" title="Bangni-Tagin language">Bangni-Tagin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bokar_language" title="Bokar language">Bokar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_Miri_dialect" title="Hill Miri dialect">Hill Miri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mising_language" title="Mising language">Mising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Na_dialect" title="Na dialect">Na</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nishi_language" title="Nishi language">Nishi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Zemeic_languages" title="Zemeic languages">Zeme</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inpui_language" title="Inpui language">Inpui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoirao_language" title="Khoirao language">Khoirao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maram_language" title="Maram language">Maram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongmei_language" title="Rongmei language">Rongmei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeme_language" title="Zeme language">Zeme</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hajong_language" title="Hajong language">Hajong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kra%E2%80%93Dai_languages" title="Kra–Dai languages">Kra-Dai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ahom_language" title="Ahom language">Ahom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khamti_language" title="Khamti language">Khamti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khamyang_language" title="Khamyang language">Khamyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aiton_language" title="Aiton language">Tai Aiton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tai_Phake_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai Phake language">Tai Phake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Manipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Manipur">Manipur</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kuki-Chin_languages" title="Kuki-Chin languages">Kuki-Chin</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anal_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Anal language">Anal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biate_language" title="Biate language">Biate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiru_language" title="Chiru language">Chiru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chothe_language" title="Chothe language">Chothe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangte_language" title="Gangte language">Gangte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hrangkhol_language" title="Hrangkhol language">Hrangkhol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kom_language_(India)" title="Kom language (India)">Kom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamkang_language" title="Lamkang language">Lamkang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moyon_language" title="Moyon language">Moyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paite_language" title="Paite language">Paite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purum_language" title="Purum language">Purum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralte_language" title="Ralte language">Ralte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simte_language" title="Simte language">Simte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thadou_language" title="Thadou language">Thadou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaiphei_language" title="Vaiphei language">Vaiphei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zou_language" title="Zou language">Zou</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hmar_language" title="Hmar language">Hmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_language" title="Mizo language">Mizo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monsang_language" title="Monsang language">Monsang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakachep_language" title="Sakachep language">Sakachep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorbung_language" title="Sorbung language">Sorbung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tarao_language" title="Tarao language">Tarao</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Zemeic_languages" title="Zemeic languages">Zeme</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inpui_language" title="Inpui language">Inpui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khoirao_language" title="Khoirao language">Khoirao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maram_language" title="Maram language">Maram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puimei_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Puimei language">Puimei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rongmei_language" title="Rongmei language">Rongmei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeme_language" title="Zeme language">Zeme</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chairel_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairel language">Chairel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maring_language_(India)" title="Maring language (India)">Maring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uipo_language" title="Uipo language">Uipo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meitei_language" title="Meitei language">Meitei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sopvoma_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sopvoma language">Sopvoma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangkhul_language" title="Tangkhul language">Tangkhul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Meghalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages of Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kuki-Chin_languages" title="Kuki-Chin languages">Kuki-Chin</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amri_language" title="Amri language">Amri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Biate_language" title="Biate language">Biate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gangte_language" title="Gangte language">Gangte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbi_language" title="Karbi language">Karbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakachep_language" title="Sakachep language">Khelma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizo_language" title="Mizo language">Mizo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaiphei_language" title="Vaiphei 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