Meitei Mayek script

E558038

writing system

The Meitei Mayek script is an indigenous writing system of the Meitei people of Manipur, India, historically used for their language and now revived for cultural and literary purposes.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Meitei Mayek	3
Meitei Mayek script canonical	2
Meitei Mayek alphabet	1
Meitei script (for Meitei people)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	writing system ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Meitei NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedReligion	Hinduism in Manipur NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanamahism NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	India ⓘ
direction	left-to-right ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Meetei Mayek NERFINISHED ⓘ Meetei script NERFINISHED ⓘ Meitei script NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConsonantLetters	yes ⓘ
hasDigitalSupport	OpenType fonts ⓘ Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ keyboard layouts ⓘ
hasIndependentVowelLetters	yes ⓘ
hasISO15924Code	Mtei ⓘ
hasNativeName	Meitei Mayek NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNumerals	yes ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock	Meetei Mayek NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVowelSigns	yes ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	court chronicles ⓘ literary works ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
officialUse	recognized for Manipuri language in Manipur ⓘ
periodOfDecline	18th–20th centuries ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Manipur NERFINISHED ⓘ
reintroducedInEducation	late 20th century ⓘ
replacedBy	Bengali–Assamese script NERFINISHED ⓘ
revivalPurpose	cultural identity ⓘ literary production ⓘ
revivalStatus	revived ⓘ
scriptFamily	Brahmic ⓘ
scriptTypeFeature	diacritics modify inherent vowel ⓘ inherent vowel in consonant letters ⓘ
UnicodeBlockRange	U+AAE0–U+AAFF ⓘ U+ABC0–U+ABFF ⓘ
usedBy	Meitei people NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	digital communication in Meitei language ⓘ education in Manipur ⓘ newspapers and magazines in Meitei language ⓘ official signage in Manipur ⓘ
usedIn	India NERFINISHED ⓘ Manipur NERFINISHED ⓘ Meitei literature ⓘ
writingDirectionality	horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemFor	Manipuri language NERFINISHED ⓘ Meitei language NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meitei language → hasWritingSystem → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

Meitei language → writingSystemUsedHistorically → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

Meitei people → script → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meitei Mayek

Tibeto-Burman peoples → hasWritingTradition → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meitei script (for Meitei people)

Manipuri → script → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meitei Mayek

Manipuri → hasWritingSystem → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meitei Mayek alphabet

Manipuri → literaryScript → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Meitei Mayek