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Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary and Phrasebook (HC)

Book To Which Are Added Some Manipuri Proverbs And Specimens Of Manipuri Correspondence. There are several basic sections: Grammar Section (~70 pages) Written in clear colonial-era style with Roman transliteration throughout (no Devanagari or Meitei Mayek script in this edition).Covers pronunciation, tones (Manipuri has two contrastive tones), parts of speech, noun cases, pronouns (inclusive/exclusive distinction), verb conjugations (very rich tense-aspect system), postpositions, sentence structure, and numeral classifiers.Special attention to honorific registers (court language used when addressing royalty still important in modern Manipuri culture).Numerous paradigm tables and example sentences. Vocabulary (~40 pages)EnglishManipuri word list of about 2,5003,000 common and useful words, arranged alphabetically. Includes many terms specific to Manipuri culture: traditional clothing, weapons, polo terms (Manipur is the birthplace of modern polo), kinship terms, religious vocabulary, and hill-tribe names. Phrasebook & Dialogues: (~40 pages) Practical sentences and short conversations for travellers, administrators, and soldiers.Topics include: greetings, asking directions, hiring porters, buying food, medical complaints, military commands, court etiquette when meeting the Maharaja, market bargaining, and domestic instructions to servants. Hardback, approx 160 pages.

Language

Manipuri (Manipuri)

Level

All levels

ISBN / SKU

8120610253

Format

Printed Matter

Product type

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Region

Global