Date of Publication :21st October 2021
Abstract: The present paper is an attempt to explore and address the typological features of Manipuri in the domain of phonology and briefly describes the typological features of Manipuri in the domain of phonology and also examines how far Manipuri conforms to the typologically similar features of Tibeto-Burman languages under the following parameters. Manipuri , locally known as Meiteilon, is one of the oldest and advanced Tibeto-Burman languages of the Northeast India (Grierson,1903) .Manipuri language spoken predominantly in Manipur, a northeastern state of India. Smaller speech communities exist in the Indian states of Assam, Mizoram, and Tripura, as well as in Bangladesh and Myanmar (Burma).It is the only medium of communication among different tribes of Manipur
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