曼尼普尔语

曼尼普尔语，又称梅泰语（label=none、pangal-lol）是印度东北部喜马拉雅山区东南部的曼尼普尔邦的官方语言及共通语，属于汉藏语系。曼尼普尔语亦有在阿萨姆邦、特里普拉邦及孟加拉与缅甸通行，它已成为曼尼普尔邦内各民族间的重要团结要素，是各民族之间沟通使用的必要语言。
曼尼普尔语有独特的文字——曼尼普尔文（Meitei Mayek），运用该种文字书写的最古老的文献溯源于13世纪。
留意曼尼普尔语跟比什努普里亚-曼尼普尔语（ইমার ঠার/বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী）是两种完全不同的语言：比什奴普莱利亚-曼尼普尔语是一种印度-雅利安语支的语言，但同样通行于印度东北部、缅甸及孟加拉一带，而且现时同样使用孟加拉文来书写。

**方言**
曼尼普尔语有三种方言：- Meiteieg (meitei)- Loieg (loi)- Pangaleg (pangal)

**语音**
曼尼普尔语是一种带声调的语言。大概有两个或三个声调。

**文法**

**书写系统**
曼尼普尔语有独特的文字——Meithei script（Meitei Mayek），运用该种文字书写的最古老的文书大约在11世纪到12世纪左右，但到18世纪就没有再使用。从1891年英国开始在印度的管治时，曼尼普尔语开始采用孟加拉文来书写，直到现在。不过，现时有建议要恢复使用曼尼普尔文。

**参看**
 印度国家语言列表- 曼尼普尔文- 梅泰语运动

**注释**

**参考文献**

**文化**
 Brara, N. Vijaylakshmi. (1998). Politics, society, and cosmology in India's North East. Delphi: Oxford University Press.- Budha, W. (1992). Indigenous games of the Meiteis. Manipur: Wangkeimayum Publications.- Singh, M. Kirti. (1988). Religion and culture of Manipur. Delhi: Manas Publications. - Singh, M. Kirti. (1993). Folk culture of Manipur. Delhi: Manas Publications.

**语言**
 Bhat, D. N. S.; & Ningomba, S. (1997). Manipuri grammar. Munich: Lincom Europa. - Chelliah, Shobhana L. (1990). Experiencer subjects in Manipuri. In V. M. Manindra & K. P. Mohanan (Eds.), Experiencer subjects in South Asian languages (pp. 195-211). Stanford: The Center for the Study of Language and Information.- Chelliah, Shobhana L. (1992). Tone in Manipuri. In K. L. Adams & T. J. Hudak (Eds.), Papers from the first annual meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 1991 (pp. 65-85). Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University.- Chelliah, Shobhana L. (1992). Bracketing paradoxes in Manipuri. In M. Aronoff (Ed.), Morphology now (pp. 33-47). Albany: State University of New York Press.- Chelliah, Shobhana L. (1994). Morphological change and fast speech phenomena in the Manipuri verb. In K. L. Adams & T. J. Hudak (Eds.), Papers from the second annual meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society 1992 (pp. 121-134). Tempe, AZ: Arizona State University.- Chelliah, Shobhana L. (1997). A grammar of Meithei. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 0-19-564331-3.- Chelliah, Shobhana L. (2002). Early Meithei manuscripts. In C. I. Beckwith (Ed.), Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages: PIATS 2000: Tibetan studies: Proceedings of the ninth seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 (pp. 59-71). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.- Chelliah, Shobhana L. (2002). A glossary of 39 basic words in archaic and modern Meithei. In C. I. Beckwith (Ed.), Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages: PIATS 2000: Tibetan studies: Proceedings of the ninth seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 (pp. 189-190). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.- Chelliah, Shobhana L. (2004). Polysemy through metonymy: The case of Meithei pi 'grandmother'. Studies in Language, 28 (2), 363-386.- Singh, Ningthoukhongjam Khelchandra. (1964). Manipuri to Manipuri & English dictionary.

**外部连结**
 mni-  曼尼普尔语的传统文字（英语） date=20060908092057 
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