Meitei Mayek script

E558038

writing system

The Meitei Mayek script is an indigenous writing system of the Meitei people of Manipur, India, historically used for their language and now revived for cultural and literary purposes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Meitei Mayek	9
Meitei Mayek script canonical	2
Meetei script	1
Meitei Mayek alphabet	1
Meitei script	1
Meitei script (for Meitei people)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5983320 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Meitei Mayek script
Context triple: [Meitei language, hasWritingSystem, Meitei Mayek script]

A. Tibetan script
Tibetan script is an abugida writing system historically used for the Tibetan language and various Himalayan languages, characterized by its distinctive stacked consonants and association with Buddhist literature.
B. Ol Chiki script
Ol Chiki script is an alphabetic writing system specifically created in the 20th century for the Santhali language, used primarily by the Santal people of eastern India and neighboring regions.
C. Odia script
Odia script is an abugida of the Brahmic family used primarily to write the Odia language and several other regional Indo-Aryan languages of eastern India.
D. Tangut script
The Tangut script is a complex, logographic writing system historically used by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
E. Nepal Lipi
Nepal Lipi is a historic Brahmic script traditionally used by the Newar people of Nepal to write the Nepal Bhasa language and several other regional languages.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Meitei Mayek script
Target entity description: The Meitei Mayek script is an indigenous writing system of the Meitei people of Manipur, India, historically used for their language and now revived for cultural and literary purposes.

A. Tibetan script
Tibetan script is an abugida writing system historically used for the Tibetan language and various Himalayan languages, characterized by its distinctive stacked consonants and association with Buddhist literature.
B. Ol Chiki script
Ol Chiki script is an alphabetic writing system specifically created in the 20th century for the Santhali language, used primarily by the Santal people of eastern India and neighboring regions.
C. Odia script
Odia script is an abugida of the Brahmic family used primarily to write the Odia language and several other regional Indo-Aryan languages of eastern India.
D. Tangut script
The Tangut script is a complex, logographic writing system historically used by the Tangut people of the Western Xia dynasty in northwestern China.
E. Nepal Lipi
Nepal Lipi is a historic Brahmic script traditionally used by the Newar people of Nepal to write the Nepal Bhasa language and several other regional languages.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	writing system ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Meitei ⓘ linked to: Meitei people
associatedReligion	Hinduism in Manipur ⓘ Sanamahism ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	India ⓘ
direction	left-to-right ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Meetei Mayek ⓘ Meetei script ⓘ linked to: Meitei Mayek script Meitei script ⓘ linked to: Meitei Mayek script
hasConsonantLetters	yes ⓘ
hasDigitalSupport	OpenType fonts ⓘ Unicode ⓘ keyboard layouts ⓘ
hasIndependentVowelLetters	yes ⓘ
hasISO15924Code	Mtei ⓘ
hasNativeName	Meitei Mayek ⓘ linked to: Meitei Mayek script
hasNumerals	yes ⓘ
hasUnicodeBlock	Meetei Mayek ⓘ
hasVowelSigns	yes ⓘ
historicallyUsedFor	court chronicles ⓘ literary works ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
officialUse	recognized for Manipuri language in Manipur ⓘ
periodOfDecline	18th–20th centuries ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Manipur ⓘ
reintroducedInEducation	late 20th century ⓘ
replacedBy	Bengali–Assamese script ⓘ linked to: Bengali script
revivalPurpose	cultural identity ⓘ literary production ⓘ
revivalStatus	revived ⓘ
scriptFamily	Brahmic ⓘ
scriptTypeFeature	diacritics modify inherent vowel ⓘ inherent vowel in consonant letters ⓘ
UnicodeBlockRange	U+AAE0–U+AAFF ⓘ U+ABC0–U+ABFF ⓘ
usedBy	Meitei people ⓘ
usedFor	digital communication in Meitei language ⓘ education in Manipur ⓘ newspapers and magazines in Meitei language ⓘ official signage in Manipur ⓘ
usedIn	India ⓘ Manipur ⓘ Meitei literature ⓘ
writingDirectionality	horizontal ⓘ
writingSystemFor	Manipuri language ⓘ linked to: Manipuri Meitei language ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meitei language → hasWritingSystem → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

Meitei language → writingSystemUsedHistorically → Meitei Mayek script ⓘ

Meitei people → script → Meitei Mayek ⓘ