Manipuri to English:
ꯁ꯭ꯋꯤꯖ ꯀꯦꯅꯦꯜ ꯆꯂꯥꯏꯕ ꯗꯤ ꯂꯦꯁꯁꯦꯞꯁ ꯀꯝꯄꯅꯤ ꯑꯗꯨꯅ ꯏꯪ ꯱꯸꯸꯰ꯒꯤ ꯆꯍꯤ ꯇꯔꯥꯒꯤ ꯈꯨꯖꯤꯡꯗ ꯄꯅꯥꯃꯥ ꯀꯦꯅꯦꯜ ꯑꯃ ꯁꯥꯅꯕ ꯏꯍꯥꯟ-ꯍꯥꯟꯅ ꯍꯣꯠꯅꯈꯤ꯫
The De Lesseps Company, which ran the Suez Canal, first attempted to build a Panama Canal in the 1880s.