Meitei language in Tripura
| Meitei language in Tripura (Meitei: ꯇ꯭ꯔꯤꯄꯨꯔꯥꯗ ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ/ত্রিপুরাদা মৈতৈলোন) | |
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| Manipuri language in Tripura (Meitei: ꯇ꯭ꯔꯤꯄꯨꯔꯥꯗ ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ/ত্রিপুরাদা মণিপুরী লোন) | |
| Region | Tripura |
| Ethnicity | Meitei people |
Native speakers | 30,000 (2023) |
| Meitei script and Bengali script | |
| Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Development body | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | mni |
| ISO 639-3 | mni |
| Glottolog | mani1292 |
The Meitei language (Meitei: ꯃꯩꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ/মৈতৈ লোন, romanized: Meitei Lon), also known as the Manipuri language (Meitei: ꯃꯅꯤꯄꯨꯔꯤ ꯂꯣꯟ/মণিপুরী লোন, romanized: Manipuri Lon), is one of the seven officially declared minority languages, recognised by the Government of Tripura. Its promotion and development are done by the Directorate of Kokborok & Other Minority Languages, established in August 2012.
In Meitei language, Tripura is known as "Takhel" (Meitei: ꯇꯈꯦꯜ).
In Agartala, the capital city of Tripura, Meitei language is the fourth most widely spoken language, after Bengali, Kokborok and Hindi, according to 2011 census.