Type | Linguistic purism |
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Cause | |
Target | Linguistically pure Meitei language |
Organised by |
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Participants | Chingsubam Akaba |
The Meitei linguistic purity movement is a political and social language reform movement that aims to purge the Meitei language of foreign elements (such as loanwords from Hindi, Sanskrit, and English) and promote a supposedly purer form of Meitei. The movement includes literary, political, and social organisations as well as notable members of government.
The movement has sometimes veered into censorship.