Naoriya Phulo script explained

Naoriya Phulo script (Manipuri: Naoriya Phulo Mayek)
Type:	abugida
Time:	20th century AD – present
Official Script:	no
Languages:	Meitei language (officially termed as Manipuri)

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The Naoriya Phulo script (Manipuri: Naoriya Phulo Mayek), also known as the Naoria script (Manipuri: Naoria Mayek^[1]), the Invented Meitei Yelhou Mayek script, or the Invented Meetei Yelhou Mayek script, is a constructed script, invented by Laininghan Naoriya Phulo (1888-1941), to write Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language). It is different from the Meitei Mayek, the official script for Meitei language. It shares many similarities with the Devanagari script and the Eastern Nagari script (Bengali-Assamese script).^{[2] [3] [4]}

History

The invented script of Naoriya Phulo of Cachar was sometimes interpreted as a divine gift. According to a legend, it was presented to him in his trance along with a text named the "Shakok Salai Thiren" (written in this script). During the 1930s, using his own invented script, Naoriya Phulo challenged the then official script for Meitei language.^{[5] [6]} Naoriya Phulo and his organization named "Apokpa Marup" used to claim the newly invented script as the original old script for Meitei language. However, the claim was later discarded.^{[7] [8] [9]} In the year 1973, they demanded their invented script to be adopted as the "Meitei script".^[10]

Comparison to other scripts

According to some scholars like Wahengbam Ibohal, the invented script of Naoriya Phulo seems to be a modified version of Devanagari script, using some letters of the generally approved Meitei script and Bengali script. There was no proper evidence of that script being used in any certain periods of history.^[11]

Vowels

Naoriya Phulo Letters	Name(s) of the letter(s)	Meitei Mayek equivalents	Eastern Nagari equivalents	Devanagari equivalents	Latin equivalents
	OM
	ARA
	IRA
	RIK	not available
	UN
	AANG
	EENG
	YEM
	YEI
	OUM

See also

• List of constructed scripts
• Naoriya Pakhanglakpa Assembly constituency
• Naoriya Pakhanglakpa
• Mayek (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Book: Borderlines . 2004 . Binalakshmi Nepram . . 23 . en . Naoria started its movement to revive Kanglei or Meetei tradition in 1930 from a village cailed Jaribon, Laishramkhul in Cachar in Assam. He developed a script and named it after him. The Naoria Mayek challenged the script imposed and propagated by the Konung in Kangieipak, ....
2. Web site: নাওরিয়া ফুলো : ঋষি অমা - এলাংম দীনমনী . hueiyenlanpao.com . mni . India.
3. Web site: লাইনীংহন নাওরিয়া ফুলো অমসুং মহাক্কী থবকশিং - ইঙো লোইতোংবা মোহেন . hueiyenlanpao.com . mni . India.
4. Web site: নাওরিয়া ফুলোখী মপোক কুমওনগা মরী লৈননা শৈরেং শৈদান্নবগী থৌরম পাঙথোকখ্রে . hueiyenlanpao.com . mni.
5. Book: Singh, Moirangthem Kirti . Recent Researches in Oriental Indological Studies: Including Meiteilogy . 1998 . Parimal Publications . 101 . en . The challenge to official script came in the thirties of this century in the person of Naoriya Phulo of Cachar who was not only a gifted founder of Apokpa Marup (Meetei Revivalist school) but also a far sighted originator of Meitei script and desanskritised words. He invented a script and numerals as a divine gift in his trance and got a Purana called Shakok Salai Thiren said to be written in this script. . Moirangthem Kirti Singh.
6. Web site: What's in name? . 2023-01-28 . . en . For the record, controversy with regard to the script is not a new thing. It had been raging since the first half of 20th century with the coming of a revivalist movement led by Naoriya Phulo. He had then challenged the script officially recognised by the Royal Palace with his own set of alphabets..
7. Book: Ningthoukhongjam, Urmila . The Student Movement in Manipur . 2007 . Akansha Publishing House . 978-81-8370-141-9 . India . 142 . en . The political motive of the Meetei Marup founded by Naoriya Phulo of Cachar District of Assam is also obvious when it invented certain new characters and claimed to be the original old script . Later, the character were discarded ....
8. Book: Singh, Wahengbam Ibohal . The History of Manipur: An early period . 1986 . Manipur Commercial Company . India . 500 . en . It may be mentiond here that some of the revivalist groups specially the followers of Naoriya Phullo claimed a script to have been used by the Meiteis in early days..
9. Book: Singh, Wahengbam Ibohal . The History Of Manipur . . . India . 500 . en . It may be mentiond here that some of the revivalist groups specially the followers of Naoriya Phullo claimed a script to have been used by the Meiteis in early days. They circulated leaflets to the general public and the Meitei Mayek....
10. Book: Singh, Wahengbam Ibohal . The History Of Manipur . . . India . 501 . en .
11. Book: Singh, Wahengbam Ibohal . The History Of Manipur . . . India . 501 . en .