Bishnupriya Manipuri
| Bishnupriya Manipuri (Imar Thar) | ||
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Spoken in |
India (regions: southern Assam and adjacent areas), Bangladesh | |
| speaker | 120,000 | |
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| ISO 639 -1 |
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| ISO 639 -2 |
inc |
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| ISO 639-3 |
bpy |
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Bishnupriya Manipuri ( ইমার ঠার / বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী IAST imār ṭhār / biṣṇupriẏā maṇipurī ), or Bishnupriya for short , is an Indo-Aryan language . It is spoken by around 120,000 people. Two thirds of them live in India , especially in the extreme south of the state of Assam ( Kachhar , Hailakandi , Karimganj districts ) and in the neighboring regions of Manipur and Tripura . A third live in Bangladesh in the region around Sylhet . Bishnupriya Manipuri is written in Bengali script with the additional characters of Asamiya .
The first written evidence of the language comes from the 18th century. Among her speakers she is called Imar Thar , which means "my mother's language". In grammar and phonetics it is influenced by the Tibetan-Burmese language Meitei .
literature
- Kali Prasad Sinha: An etymological dictionary of Bishnupriya Manipuri. Punthi Pustak, Calcutta 1986.
- Chungkham Yashwanta Singh: Manipuri grammar. Rajesh, New Delhi 2000, ISBN 81-85891-33-8 .
- Arthur John Primrose: A Manipuri grammar, vocabulary, and phrase book to which are added some Manipuri proverbs and specimens of Manipuri correspondence. Assam Secretariat Press, Shillong 1888.
Web links
- Two Manipuri languages (English)
- Bishnupriya Manipuri: A brief introduction
- Details on Bishnupriya Manipuri
- on the term "Bishnupriya Manipuri"
- Bishnupriya Manipuri literature