Manipur Official Language Act
| Manipur Official Language Act (Meitei: ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ ꯑꯣꯐꯤꯁꯤꯌꯦꯜ ꯂꯦꯡꯒ꯭ꯋꯦꯖ ꯑꯦꯛ꯭ꯠ) | |
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Emblem of Manipur and the endonym of Meiteilon, an official language of the state, written in Meetei Mayek script and Bengali script, the official concurrent writing systems of the Government of Manipur | |
| Manipur Legislative Assembly | |
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| Territorial extent | Manipur |
| Considered by | Government of Manipur |
| Passed by | Manipur Legislative Assembly |
| Passed | 27 October 1979 |
| Enacted | 27 October 1979 |
| Considered by | Manipur Legislative Assembly |
| amendments considered by the Manipur Legislative Assembly | 10 March 2021 |
| Amended by | |
| Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021 | |
| Summary | |
| an act to declare the official language of the State of Manipur | |
| Status: Current legislation | |
The Manipur Official Language Act (Meitei: ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔ ꯑꯣꯐꯤꯁꯤꯌꯦꯜ ꯂꯦꯡꯒ꯭ꯋꯦꯖ ꯑꯦꯛ꯭ꯠ) is an act (document) that declares the official language of the State of Manipur. It was passed by the Manipur Legislative Assembly, approved by the Governor of Manipur. It makes Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) as the official language of the Government of Manipur. It was initially enacted in 1979 but later amended in 2021, to replace Bengali script's sole usage by the concurrent usage of both Meitei script (officially known as Meetei Mayek) and Bengali script, for writing the Meitei language.