Everything About ___
Live briefing

Everything about Meitei script

Writing system used to write Meitei language

The Meitei script, also known as the Kanglei script or the Kok Sam Lai script, after its first three letters, is an abugida in the Brahmic family used to write Meitei language, the official language of Manipur, Assam and one of the 22 official languages of India. It is first known from engravings on coins and copper plate inscriptions dated between 568 and 658 C.E, as verified by the various publications of the National Sahitya Akademi. It was used till the 18th century, until it was replaced by the Bengali script. In the 21st century, it was revived and reused. Beginning in 2021, the Government of Manipur began to officially use it, alongside the Bengali script, per the Manipur Official Language (Amendment) Act, 2021. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Meitei scriptA 5-minute orientation
  2. Pick up a classic book: Meitei New TestamentThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  3. Read the landmark paper: Entropy-based skew detection and correction for printed Meitei/Meetei script OCR systemCited 6 times
  4. Go sideways: Brahmic scriptsA closely related topic
  5. Go sideways: Meitei languageA closely related topic

đź“– Definitions

No dictionary entry for this exact phrase.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Origin
  2. History
  3. Recent developments
  4. Letters
  5. Unicode
  6. Software
  7. In popular culture

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

đź“š Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

đź”— Related topics