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A script revived and made official.
Also known as: Manipuri script
The script used for Meitei in Manipur, revived after centuries of displacement by Bengali script.
Writes the Meitei language of Manipur, restored to official use in the state.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Displaced by the Bengali script for around two centuries and reinstated by state policy in the twentieth century, which makes it one of the few scripts anywhere to have been successfully brought back into official education.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Letters said to be named and shaped after parts of the human body, with a small set of final-consonant letters.