Bishnupriya Manipuri in India

2. Status

Status

Official country wide language
Official regional language
Official minority language
Recognised community language
Unrecognised community language

National language

No

Indigenous language

Yes

Administrative units of the country

NER

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Some material related to culture, language and other aspects of the community is available in Bishnupriya Manipuri Language.

Dr. Probhat Kumar Sinha, 2021. বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী সমাজ-ভাবনা | Bishnupriya Manipuri Somaj Bhabona, Amoogh Monjooree, Bishnupriya Manipuri Byapar Sahitya Sanskriti Unnayan Sanstha
https://lai.ciil.org/items/16b13ffb-7e2d-46dd-a99f-9368d493a5bb

Satyer Aloke Bishnupriya Manipuri by Singha, Bhimsen
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.303028/mode/2up

Lakshmindra Sinha, Dr. Santosh Sinha, Anita Sinha, (2023). Bishnupriya Manipuri Jatiya Abhidhan, Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Assam DILS 978-81-959418-2-7

Somabrata Sarkar, (2019) Bishnupriya, Neraneri, Baishnabtantra. Nalok Publication 978-81-939663-5-8.

AJAY KUMAR BHANDARI (2020). GOURSHAKTI BISHNUPRIYA, Girija Library, 978-93-87194-60-1.

Mathura Singha, (2022) Bishnupriya Manipuri Byakaran, Nikhil Bishnupriya Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Assam. 978-81-959418-1-0

KANCHAN BARAN SINGHA (2022). BISHNUPRIYA MANIPURI ANDOLONOR ITIHAS KANCHAN BARAN SINGHA, 978-93-5627-801-1

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Video

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Videos about culture like dance videos, songs and cultural programs, interviews and other videos are available in Bishnupriya language.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mo7v6Y_30Pc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaFba_trvQU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDJaMT345rQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ9RbZSYLYc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGD3zCd6lQQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQQmrZb2zI

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Audio

Extended corpora
Annotated corpora
Corpus/corpora
Materials/corpus
Some materials
No materials

Digital

Yes

Comments

Some audio recordings are available in Bishnupriya Manipure language

https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/5015
https://archive.org/details/ELABishnupriyaManipuriwordsandphrases

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Documentation: descriptions

Elaborated dictionaries, grammars, statistical language models, etc.
Dictionaries and grammars
Dictionary and grammar
Glossary and descriptions
Few descriptions
No descriptions

Digital

Yes

Comments

Distionaries, Grammars and other linguistic and non-linguistic books are available in Bishnupriya language.

Amy Kim and Seung Kim. 2008. Bishnupriya (Manipuri) Speakers in Bangladesh: A Sociolinguistic Survey. SIL Electronic Survey Reports. 2008-003.

Sinha, Kaliprasad. 1968. A study in the Bishnupriya Manipuri language. (Doctoral dissertation, Calcutta: Jadavpur University)

Sinha, Kali Prasad. 1974. Bishnupriya Manipuri: A descriptive sketch. Indian Linguistics 35. 185-199.

Lakshmindra Sinha (2018). The Sensitive Ear: A Collection of Bishnupriya Manipuri Folktales, Eastern Readers Publications. 978-81-935948-7-2.

Harendra Sinha (2022). Bishnupriya Manipuris in North East India: Health Culture and Care, NE BOOKS AND PUBLISHERS . 978-93-94867-04-8.

Dr. Kali Prasad Sinha (2022), Bishnupriya Manipuri - English Dictionary, Shrichaitanya Press 978-81-955378-3-9

Harendra Sinha. 2015. The Bishnupriya Manipuris in North East India - Society, Economy and Development. New Delhi: Mittal.

Harendra Sinha, 2019. Bishnupriya Manipuri: Identity Culture and Change ISBN : 9788183249430

Standardization

Modern standard language
Young standard language
Standardised language
Quasi-standard language
Semi-standardised language
Un-standardised language

Graphisation & script encoding

Standardised writing system with full script encoding
Conventionalised writing system with partial script encoding
Consistent writing system with no script encoding
Unsystematic writing system(s)
Limited written use
No written use

Comments

Bishnupriya Manipuri is mainly written in Bengali- Assamese Script.

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Users live and dominate in all regions of the country
Users live in one [state/...] of the country
Users live in a cross-border region [state/...] of the country
Users live in separated [states/...] of the country
Users live dispersed across one [state/...] of the country
Users live scattered all over the country

Settlements

Rural
Urban

Size / Number of users

Number of users

79646

Source

Census of India

Year

2011

Users within total population

Users within the reference community

Age distribution of users

Generational use

Educational attainment

Occupational qualifications

Language competence

Literacy of users

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope

International
Supranational
Cross-border (states)
State-wide
Supra-regional cross-border
Supra-regional
Regional cross-border
Regional
Local

Source

https://www.langlex.com/cens/MTProfile.php?mtname=Bishnupriya+Manipuri%2FManipuri+Bishnupriya

Comments

Assam and Tripura

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional use in administration

Language use in administration

International level
National level
Regional level
Local level
Auxiliary use
No use

Types of language use

signed / spoken use
written use
digital use

Comments

State/District

Ethnoculture

No use
Informal learning
Skills and knowledge
Performing arts
Social practices
Customary law
Traditional medicine
Knowledge and practices
Traditions and expressions

Formal Education

Early childhood education

Primary level

Lower secondary level

Higher secondary level

Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

Information services
Broadcasting
Video, film
Sound/music recording
Publishing activities
Language not used

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