मैतै लोग का स्रोत देखें

{{Distinguish|बिष्णुप्रिया मणिपुरी लोग}}
{{See also|मणिपुर (महाभारत)|मणिपुर}}
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = मैतै लोग
| image            = 
| caption          = परम्परागत परिधान में एक मैतै महिला
| total            = १,८००,०००+<ref name="Ethnologue"/>
| total_year       = २०११ 
| region1          = {{IND}}
| pop1             = 1,760,913<ref>{{cite web |title=LANGUAGES SPECIFIED IN THE EIGHT SCHEDULE (SCHEDULED LANGUAGES) |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020|quote=Listed as Manipuri in the 2011 Indian census}}</ref>
| region2          = {{nbsp|10}}[[मणिपुर]]
| pop2             = 1,522,132<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Manipur |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1400.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>
| region3          = {{nbsp|10}}[[असम]]
| pop3             = 168,127<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Assam |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1800.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>
| region4          = {{nbsp|10}}[[त्रिपुरा]]
| pop4             = 23,779<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Tripura |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1600.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>
| region5          = {{nbsp|10}}[[नागालैण्ड]]
| pop5             = 9,511<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Nagaland |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1300.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>
| region6          = {{nbsp|10}}[[मेघालय]]
| pop6             = 4,451<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Meghalaya |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1700.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>
| region7          = {{nbsp|10}}[[अरुणाचल प्रदेश]]
| pop7             = 2,835<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Arunachal Pradesh |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1200.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=9 January 2021}}</ref>
| region8          = {{nbsp|10}}[[मिजोरम]]
| pop8             = 2,242<ref>{{cite web |title=C-16 Population By Mother Tongue - Mizoram |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/C-16/DDW-C16-STMT-MDDS-1500.XLSX |website=census.gov.in |access-date=29 September 2020}}</ref>
| region9          = {{flag|Myanmar}}
| pop9             = 25,000<ref name="TOI"/>
| region10         = {{flag|Bangladesh}}
| pop10            = 15,000<ref name="Ethnologue"/>
| langs            = [[Meitei language|Meitei]]
| rels             = [[हिन्दू धर्म]], [[सनमाही धर्म]], [[ईसाई|ईसाई धर्म]]
| related          = [[नागा लोग|नागा]], कुकी लोग|कुकी]], [[जो लोग|जो]], [[बोमर लोग|बोमर]], [[शान लोग|शान]]
}}
'''मैतै''' या '''मणिपुरी''' पूर्वोत्तर भारत के [[मणिपुर]] राज्य का बहुसंख्यक समुदाय है। वे मणिपुर के मूल निवासी हैं इसलिए उन्हें '''मणिपुरी''' भी कहा जाता है। धर्मिक दृष्टि से अधिकतर मैतै [[हिन्दू]] हैं।<ref name="ref16quxaj">[http://books.google.com/books?id=6FXEEd2muZoC The unquiet valley: society, economy, and politics of Manipur (1891-1950)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418095201/https://books.google.com/books?id=6FXEEd2muZoC |date=18 अप्रैल 2017 }}, N. Lokendra, pp. 2, Mittal Publications, 1998, ISBN 9788170996965, ''... The Meiteis were predominantly Hindus and they constituted more than half of the total population of the State ...''</ref> इनकी मान्यताओं में 'सनमाही' नामक विश्वास-पद्धति भी शामिल है जिसमें [[ओझा]]प्रथा के कुछ तत्त्व हैं। मैतै समुदाय के एक महत्वपूर्ण पूर्वज के बारे में मान्यता है कि वे [[पाखंगबा]] ([[अझ़दहा]]-रूपी देवता) के रूप में प्रकट हुए थे।<ref>Hastings Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Volume 11</ref>

== भाषा ==
मैतै लोग [[मणिपुरी भाषा]] बोलते हैं जो [[तिब्बती-बर्मी भाषा-परिवार]] की सदस्य है।<ref name="ref69bador">[http://books.google.com/books?id=Q3tAqIU0dPsC One thousand languages: living, endangered, and lost] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527221237/http://books.google.com/books?id=Q3tAqIU0dPsC |date=27 मई 2013 }}, pp. 134, University of California Press, 2008, ISBN 9780520255609, ''... 1.3 million speakers Meitei (Meitei-lon, Manipuri) is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken by most of the population in the state of Manipur in India, where it is the official language ...''</ref>

== इन्हें भी देखें==
* [[पाखंगबा]]
* [[मणिपुर]]

== सन्दर्भ ==
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[[श्रेणी:मणिपुर]]
[[श्रेणी:भारत की मानव जातियाँ]]
[[श्रेणी:मणिपुर के लोग]]