Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 10 2010:
The meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup (MEELAL), Kangleipak has announced a series of seven campaigns to be launched in the coming days to make Meeteilol a developed language.
Secretary General of MEELAL, Th Ethouba (Anand) Meetei announced in a press release that first, MEELAL will start to insist the Government of Manipur on rewriting the description of Manipuri language mentioned in the Manipur Official Language Act, 1979 that "Manipuri language means Meetei lol written in Benagli script & spoken by the majority of Manipur population" as "...written in its own original script approved by the Government of Manipur" .
Second, MEELAL will take steps to include Meetei Lol in the category of the classical languages of India.
Third, MEELAL will consult with experts to preserve and promote the original language of Meetei Lol, and remove the commixed words from the language, and bring out a book on introducing the original language and newly coined words of Meetei Lol soon.
Fourth, MEELAL will take steps to change the names of road and bridges, office buildings, shops, markets, etc.
borrowed from other languages into the original Meetei Lol.
Fifth, MEELAL will make efforts to give the new-born infants and growing children names in Meetei Lol at home and educational institutions.
Sixth, MEELAL will start holding discussion sessions with writers, organisations connected with the language, people working in the field of art and media, etc.
in order to make Meetei Lol developed just as MEELAL is trying to do.
And seventh, MEELAL will take action to make the official language Meetei Lol compulsorily taught to the students.
The Secretary General appealed to all concerned to name the nearly-completed market complexes, roads located at Paona and Thangal markets in Meetei Lol and also to change the signboards, letterheads, receipts, etc.
into Meetei Lol within April month.