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Total population 1,800,000+ (2011) India (Regions with significant populations) 1,760,913 Manipur 1,522,132 Assam 168,127 Tripura 23,779 Nagaland 9,511 Meghalaya 4,451 Arunachal Pradesh 2,835 Mizoram 2,242 Myanmar (Country) 25,000 Bangladesh 15,000 Languages Meitei language Majority Hinduism Minority Sanamahism, Christianity and Buddhism Related ethnic groups Similar Naga people, Kuki people, Zo people | ||
The Meitei people are the majority ethnic group of Manipur, state of India, and because of this they are sometimes referred to as Manipuris. Generally speaking, Meitei is an endonym and Manipuri is an exonym. The Meitei people are made up of seven clans, who trace their written history back to 1563 BC. The Meitei are predominantly Hindu.
Language
The Meitei people speak the Meitei language, a Tibeto-Burman language. Meiteis believe that the ancestor of one of their clans manifested himself as Pakhangba, a mythical dragon.
References
Meitei people Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA