Sino-Tibetan family
Meitei
c. 1000 CE – today Living
Meitei (c. 1000 CE – today) is a living Sino-Tibetan language. Lineage: Proto-Sino-Tibetan → Proto-Tibeto-Burman → Meitei.
See Meitei on the interactive map- Speakers
- 1.8M (1,800,000)
- ISO 639-3
- mni
- Glottocode
- mani1292
Official language of Manipur, India, with its own script (Meetei Mayek). Subgrouping within Tibeto-Burman is debated.
Lineage
- Proto-Sino-Tibetanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Tibeto-Burmanc. 2,500 BCE – 1,000 BCE
- Meiteic. 1000 CE – today
Sister languages 6
Also descended from Proto-Tibeto-Burman.