Manipuri to English:
ꯃꯆꯤꯟ ꯃꯅꯥꯎ ꯊꯣꯛꯅꯕ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯑꯅꯤ ꯑꯁꯤ ꯑꯋꯥꯡ ꯊꯪꯕ ꯔꯥꯖ꯭ꯌ ꯇꯔꯨꯛꯇ ꯉꯥꯡꯅꯩ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯚꯥꯔꯠꯀꯤ ꯁꯕ-ꯀꯣꯟꯇꯤꯅꯦꯟ꯭ꯇ ꯈꯛꯇꯗ ꯃꯤ ꯃꯤꯂꯤꯌꯟ ꯵꯰꯰ ꯃꯨꯛ ꯍꯦꯟꯕꯅ ꯈꯪꯕ ꯑꯁꯤꯅ ꯏꯪ ꯱꯹꯳꯱ꯗ ꯚꯥꯔꯠꯀꯤ ꯁꯤꯜꯕꯔ ꯏꯁꯀ꯭ꯔꯤꯟꯗ ꯃꯈꯣꯟ ꯂꯥꯛꯄ ꯃꯇꯝꯗ ꯍꯤꯟꯗꯤ ꯑꯃꯁꯨꯡ ꯎꯔꯗꯨꯕꯨ ꯑꯣꯐꯤꯁꯤꯌꯦꯜ ꯑꯣꯏꯕ ꯚꯥꯔꯠꯀꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯇꯔꯥꯃꯔꯤꯗꯒꯤ ꯃꯊꯛꯇ ꯈꯟꯒꯠꯇꯨꯅ ꯚꯥꯔꯠꯀꯤ ꯄꯣꯄꯨꯂꯔ ꯃꯃꯤ ꯀꯨꯝꯍꯩꯒꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ ꯑꯣꯏꯅ ꯁꯤꯖꯟꯅꯅꯕ ꯆꯞꯆꯥꯕ ꯃꯔꯝ ꯑꯣꯏꯈꯤ꯫
The two sister languages are spoken in six northern states and understood by over 500 million people on the Indian sub-continent alone reason enough for Hindi and Urdu to be chosen above the fourteen official Indian languages to become the languages of Indian Popular cinema when sound came to the Indian Silver screen in 1931.