Manipuri Language and its influence on the Manipuri Community

Dr.M Ninghaiba Singha; Dr. M Ningamba Singha

Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

Manipuri Language and its influence on the Manipuri Community

Dr. M Ninghaiba Singha, Dr. M Ningamba Singha

Abstract :

Introduction: Language is a social phenomenon and it is used for communication, which is a social activity that requires the coordinating effort for the speaker and hearer. And it is true that the use of language always involves speaker’s meaning and the hearer’s understanding, further no discourse is free from social meaning, and the selection of social meaning appropriate to the context has a direct beå to the communicative events and context or social situation. Therefore even the simplest type of speech act or communication should have a social situation in which time and place go together in a culturally accepted way. The present Manipuri language is evolved out of the traditional Meitei language, the speech of the politically dominant group, legends, songs and manuscripts found in this language evidently proved a long and sustained existence of the language. Since, Manipuri language is an ingredient part of the Manipuri society and culture; and itself maintained the societal and cultural values of the Community. Thus in this paper we tries to focus on the social and cultural values of Manipuri language which seen in the Manipuri Community will be discussed.