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Showing posts with label Manipur. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manipur. Show all posts

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Manipuri


Manipuri
 is the synonym of Meetei or Meitei. Meetei is an endonym and Manipuri is an exonym.
It may refer to:
·         Manipur, a state in northeastern India
·         Manipuri language, a Tibeto-Burman language also known as the Meeteilon
·         Manipuri people, an ethnic group in South Asia
·         Manipuri literature, the literature in Manipuri language i.e. Meeteilon
·         Manipuri script or Meitei Mayek script, the script used for Meeteilon by the Meitei people
·         Manipuri dance, one of the Indian classical dance forms.It is also known as Meetei Jagoi
·         Manipuri pony, a horse breed

Source: Wikipedia