Meitei language in Bangladesh

Intelligibility between dialects in Bangladesh definitely sufficient to understand complex and abstract discourse.

In early times, there were Meitei speaking population in Dhaka, Mymensingh and Comilla also.

[1] Moulvibazar District has twenty-eight Meitei populated settlements, which are Photiguli, Goalbari, Naldhari, Boroiloli (Kulaura P.S.

had four Meitei settlement areas, which are Gaborkhula, Abadgaon, Shibnagar and Dudhpatil.

In 2022, it was organised by the Manipuri Language Research and Development Organisation, Bangladesh at Manipuri Kangshang, Nayapatand in Bhanugharh in Moulvibazar District, attended by the Indian delegates alongside the notable linguistic personalities of Bangladesh, including professor Amar Yumnam of Manipur University (MU), professor Dr Homen Thangjam of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), professor Jinen Laishramcha of the University of Seoul, South Korea and members of the Manipur Cultural Complex, Bangladesh and the Manipuri Language Research and Development Organisation, Bangladesh.

In December 2022, it was organised at the Zilla Parishad conference hall in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

On its first day, there was bestowing of "Sinam Tanubabu Memorial International Award 2022" to Mutum Ramani Devi, an Indian authoress from Manipur, in recognition of her literary work named “Fongngamdraba Cheinakhol” (Meitei: ꯐꯣꯡꯉꯝꯗ꯭ꯔꯕ ꯆꯩꯅꯥꯈꯣꯜ/ফোংঙমদ্রবা চৈনাখোল), which is an anthology of Meitei language short stories.

The Manipuri Cultural Complex works for the development of the Meitei language in Bangladesh.
Areas where there is significant population of Meitei speakers ( Manipuris ) in Bangladesh