Sample of Meitei Mayek script, showing the main consonants in the alphabet

Meitei Mayek script (also Meithei Mayek, Meetei Mayek, Manipuri script) (Manipuri: Meetei Mayek) is a syllabic script used for the Meitei language (Manipuri), one of the official languages of the Indian state of Manipur. The Meitei Mayek script is based on the Gupta Brahmi script like many other scripts used for Tibetan languages. Every letter in Meitei Mayek is named after a body part. Every consonant in the syllabary has the inherent vowel a. Other vowels are specified with diacritics. Manipuri or Meiteilon is the predominant language and lingua-franca in the state of Manipur, in northeastern India. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is a system of phonetic notation devised by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) used in spoken human language. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone = sound/voice) is the study of sounds (voice). ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent (or approximate) syllables, which make up words. ... Manipuri or Meiteilon is the predominant language and lingua-franca in the state of Manipur, in northeastern India. ... Manipur (Hindi: मणिपुर) is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ... A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent (or approximate) syllables, which make up words. ...

External links

• Meetei Mayek
• Omniglot, a guide to written language
• Contemporary Manipuri Poetry
• Poetry In Manipuri

References

• Chelliah, Shobhana L. (1997). A grammar of Meithei. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 0-1956-4331-3.
• Chelliah, Shobhana L. (2002). Early Meithei manuscripts. In C. I. Beckwith (Ed.), Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages: PIATS 2000: Tibetan studies: Proceedings of the ninth seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 (pp. 59-71). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.
• Chelliah, Shobhana L. (2002). A glossary of 39 basic words in archaic and modern Meithei. In C. I. Beckwith (Ed.), Medieval Tibeto-Burman languages: PIATS 2000: Tibetan studies: Proceedings of the ninth seminar of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, Leiden 2000 (pp. 189-190). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill.