Series WP/1 - Notes on Manipuri Language

Identity area

Reference code

GB 891 WP-WP/1

Title

Notes on Manipuri Language

Date(s)

  • 1869 - 1943 (Creation)

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4 items

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Scope and content

Collection of manuscripts on the language Manipuri by William Pettigrew, Yumjao Singh and Mrs Ethel A Pettigrew. A letter from Roland B Dixon (1875-1934) an American cultural anthropologist, the letter mentions work of William Pettigrew and a copy ofread more

System of arrangement

These papers were found in no particular order and are listed systematically in the following order:

  • Study made of 133 words in 29 different dialects to compare to the Archaic and Modern Manipuri
  • The Original notes on the Archaic Manipuri language
  • read more

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Language of material

  • English
  • Manipuri

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