A Manipuri Grammar, Vocabulary and Phrasebook (Hardcover)

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.