Bishnupriya Manipuri people

Bishnupriya Manipuri
	File:Bishnupriya Manipuri girls with their cultural attire.jpg Bishnupriya Manipuri girls in traditional attire
Total population
	119,646
Regions with significant populations
	India; Bangladesh
India	79,646 (2011)
	40,000 (2003)
Languages
	Bishnupriya Manipuri, Bengali
Religion
	Hinduism (Vaishnavism)
Related ethnic groups
	Meitei people

The Bishnupriya Manipuris^[3] are a group of Indo-Aryan people that live in Assam, Tripura, Manipur and northeastern Bangladesh. They speak the Bishnupriya Manipuri language, which is of Indo-Aryan origin. The most distinctive feature of the language is it replete with Tibeto-Burman (Meitei) elements. The culture of the people is highly influenced by that of the Meiteis, with the exception of a few folk practices which are prevalent among the Meiteis.

Notable people[edit]

Guru Bipin Singh was a director, choreographer and teacher of Manipuri dance.
Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, former Chief Justice of Bangladesh

References and notes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Bishnupuriya". Ethnologue. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
↑ Debate: Documents relating to the Orientalist-Anglicist controversy,. 1781–1843

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[Abstract-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011" (PDF). censusindia.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[Ethnologue-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Bishnupuriya". Ethnologue. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

[3] Debate: Documents relating to the Orientalist-Anglicist controversy,. 1781–1843

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