Meitei language in Bangladesh
The Meitei language (Meitei: ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ/মৈতৈ লোন, romanized: Meitei Lon), or Manipuri language (Meitei: ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ/মণিপুরী লোন, romanized: Manipuri Lon), is a minority language in Bangladesh. It is spoken by around 15,000 ethnic Manipuris, mainly concentrated in the Sylhet Division. The Meitei language is also a second language for Bishnupriyas in Bangladesh.
| Meitei language in Bangladesh (Meitei: ꯕꯥꯡꯂꯥꯗꯦꯁꯇ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ/বাংলাদেশতা মৈতৈলোন) | |
|---|---|
| Manipuri language in Bangladesh (Meitei: ꯕꯥꯡꯂꯥꯗꯦꯁꯇ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ/বাংলাদেশতা মণিপুরী লোন) | |
| Meiteilon/Manipuri lon | |
| Native to | |
| Region | Sylhet Division |
| Ethnicity | Meitei people |
Native speakers | 15,000 |
Sino-Tibetan | |
Standard forms | Standard Meitei (Standard Manipuri) |
| Meitei script and Bengali script | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Development body |
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | mni |
| ISO 639-3 | mni |
Due to a shrinking population, many Manipuris in Sylhet do not speak the Meitei language fluently, as they make more use of the majority Bengali language, and may speak with a Bangladeshi accent.
Associations and organizations including the Manipuri Language Research and Development Organisation, Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Manipuri Literary Society, and the Manipur Cultural Complex work for the development of the Manipuri language, literature, and culture in Bangladesh.