Meetei people
| মৈতৈ/মীতৈ | |
|---|---|
| Total population | |
| 2.5 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Manipur, Assam, Tripura, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nagaland,Mizoram | |
| Languages | |
| Meitei | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Hinduism; minority Sanamahism |
|
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Nagas, Burmese, Bishnupriya Manipuri,Tripuri, Shan, Tai, Kuki, Karen, Tai Ahom |
The Meitei (also Meetei, Meithei, Manipuri) people are the majority ethnic group of Manipur, a northeastern state of India. Meitei is an endonym or autonym while Manipuri is an exonym. A significant population of the Meitei also are settled in domestic neighboring states such as Assam and Tripura. They have also settled in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
The Meitei people are made up of seven major clans known as Salai Taret. Their written history has been documented to 1445 BC.
The Meitei people speak the Meitei language, a Tibeto-Burman language. Both Meitei Mayek and Bengali script have been used to write Meitei.
Mostly meiteis belong to Vaishnav sect of Hinduism. They worship Lord Krishna.
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