Alternate Names: Bishnupria Manipuri, Bishnupuriya, Bisna Puriya
Dialects: Madai Gang (Leimanai), Rajar Gang (Ningthaunai). Though once regarded as a Bengali-Meitei creole, it retains pre-Bengali features (Masica 1991). Lexical similarity: 81%–85% between dialects in Bangladesh, 41%–45% with Bengali ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 77,500 in India (2001 census). Population total all countries: 117,500.
Language Use: Also use Bengali [ben].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 80%. Taught in primary schools, in Tripura. Poetry. Radio programs. Videos. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1995.
Typology: SOV; postpositions, articles before noun heads, question word before the verb, affixes indicate case of noun phrase; CV, CVC, CVV, CCV, VC, VCV; nontonal.
Writing System: Bengali
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Reported to also live in three villages in Myanmar but these villages cannot be identified. Hindu.