Meitei linguistic purism movement

Movement of Meitei language to attain linguistic purism
	"Meitei Lon" (literally meaning "Meitei language"), written in Meitei script
English name	Movement of Meitei language to attain linguistic purism
Also known as	Manipuri linguistic purism movement; Meetei linguistic purism movement; Movement of Meitei linguistic purism; Movement of Manipuri linguistic purism; Movement of Meetei linguistic purism;
Type	Social movement
Theme	Language planning; Language policy; Language reform; Linguistic purism; Meitei language movement;
Cause	Anglicisation; Foreign language anxiety; Linguistic insecurity; Sanskritisation; Schizoglossia;
Target	Linguistically pure Meitei language
Organised by	Indigenous People's Association of Kangleipak (IPAK); Khongjom War Memorial Trust; Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup (MEELAL) transl. United Forum for Safeguarding Manipuri Script and Language; South East Asia Cultural Organisation (SEACO);
Participants	Chingsubam Akaba;

The social movement of Meitei language to attain linguistic purism is advocated by literary, political, social associations and organisations as well as notable individual personalities of Bangladesh, Myanmar and Northeast India (prominently Assam, Manipur and Tripura).

The language is officially known as Manipuri by the government of India, although predominantly it is currently referred as Meitei by the government of Manipur. The former name is an Indo-Aryan exonym which was derived from Sanskrit, whereas the latter is the Tibeto-Burman endonym used natively by the Meitei people. Similarly, the federal government uses Eastern Nagari as the official writing system for Manipuri (an Indic script), whereas the state government uses Meetei Mayek as the writing system for Meitei (a Tibetic script).

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