International Mother Language Day 2024 observed in Manipur
IFP Bureau21 Feb 2024
International Mother Language Day is observed every year on February 21 to raise awareness of cultural and linguistic diversity.
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International Mother Language Day is observed every year on February 21 to raise awareness of cultural and linguistic diversity.
Manipuri language is a dynamic language and it has the strength to absorb foreign words into its fold and also adapt to change and modern realities. One has to believe in the resilience of the language and its adaptability to modern linguistic changes.
The Manipur High Court signed an MoU with the NIT Manipur for the development of translation software from English to Manipuri in Meitei Mayek and Roman alphabet script
MEELAL has warned flex printing shops if they fail to include two-third of Meetei Mayek in every flex they print.
The meeting was held regarding the statement made by Education Minister Basantakumar during the ongoing Assembly on the 27 letters of Meetei Mayek.
Attendees of the ‘International Mother Language Day’ at Manipur Press Club in Imphal West unanimously resolved to urge the state government to enable candidates to take the UPSC exam Manipuri paper in Meitei Mayek.
Rajya Sabha MP Leishemba Sanajaoba informed the House that Manipur Literature has two optional papers in UPSC examination, and both the two papers I and II have 250 marks each with a total of 500 marks.
IFP Editorial: A concerted effort of weeding out foreign words from Manipuri language is gaining momentum in recent times. But, we must understand that Manipuri language has the strength to absorb foreign words into its fold and adapt to change and modern realities.
NKSCT chairman N Tombi Raj said that it is also impossible to rewrite the Puya in the Meitei-Mayek which is being used currently.
MEELAL stated that the Manipur government should make Manipuri language an official language of the state under the Manipur Official Language Act 1979 amended on March 4, 2021.
IFP Editorial: What the revivalists do not understand is that Manipuri language is a dynamic language and it has the strength to absorb foreign words into its fold and also adapt to change and modern realities.
Manipur Education Minister S Rajen was urged to take up necessary steps for Meitei Mayek to be given classical language status.