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| abbreviation = DLPI
| nickname = Department of Language Planning and Implementation
| pronounce = dɪˈrɛkt(ə)rət ɒv ˈlaŋɡwɪdʒ ˈplanɪŋ (ə)n ɪmplɪmɛnˈteɪʃ(ə)n
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|established = {{start date and age|df=yes|2013|09|04}}<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-03-14 |title=‘Department of language planning and implementation trying to resolve all language issues in the state’ {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/03/14/department-language-planning-implementation-trying-resolve-language-issues-state/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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| purpose = [[Language planning]] and implementation of [[language policy]] on [[Meitei language]] (officially known as [[Manipuri language]]) <!-- or |focusref name= --><!-- humanitarian, activism, peacekeeping, etc. --resolve/>
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| services = [[Language planning]] and implementation of [[language policy]] on [[Meitei language]] (officially known as [[Manipuri language]])
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* Th. Chitra (as of 2021)<ref name=1st/>
* Th. Chitra (upto 2022)<ref>{{Cite web |title=30th Manipuri Language Day celebrated : 21st aug21 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=31..210821.aug21 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=30th Manipuri Language Day observed : 21st aug21 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=7..210821.aug21 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Dr. Laishram Mahabir (upto21-12-2016 to 30-04- 2020)<ref name=resolve>{{Cite web |date=20202018-0403-3014 |title=‘Department'Department of language planning and implementation trying to resolve all language issues in the state’state' {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/03/14/department-language-planning-implementation-trying-resolve-language-issues-state/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |titlename=International Mother Language Day observed : 22nd feb17 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=http:mother//e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=12..220217.feb17 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Language Directorate : 19th aug14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Snipp13..190814.aug14 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref name=1st>{{Cite web |title=1st anniv of Directorate of Language observed : 22nd aug14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=31..220814.aug14 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
* Kh. Raghumani (upto04-09-2013 to 21-12-2016)<ref name=mother>{{Cite web |title=International Mother Language Day observed : 22nd feb16 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=3..220216.feb16 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
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'''Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation''' (DLPI)''' is a directorate of the [[Government of Manipur]] in charge of the [[language planning]] and the implementation of policieslanguage ofpolicy.<ref>{{Cite [[Meiteinews |date=2018-03-14 |title=Department of language]] (officiallyplanning knownand asimplementation [[Manipuritrying to resolve all language]]) asissues wellin asthe otherstate indigenous|url=https://www.pothashang.in/2018/03/14/department-language-planning-implementation-trying-resolve-language-issues-state/ [[vernacular]]s|language=en-GB of|archive-date=13 [[Manipur]]March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313201109/https://www.pothashang.in/2018/03/14/department-language-planning-implementation-trying-resolve-language-issues-state/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
The 1stfirst anniversary of the Directorate of Language Planning &and Implementation coincided with 18th [[Meitei Language Day]] (officially called [[Manipuri Language Day]]), the annual commemorative celebration of the [[Meitei language]]'s inclusion in the [[Eighth Schedule to the Indian Constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Language Directorate : 19th aug14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Snipp13..190814.aug14 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref name=1st/> The directorate has become a key organiser of the annual event.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-20 |title=1stManipur annivobserves of31st Directorate ofManipuri Language observedDay :- 22ndEastern aug14 ~ E-Pao! HeadlinesMirror |url=httphttps://e-paoeasternmirrornagaland.netcom/manipur-observes-31st-manipuri-language-day/GP.asp?src=31..220814.aug14 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=eeasternmirrornagaland.com |language=en-pao.netGB}}</ref>
Though [[Meitei Language Day]] (officially called [[Manipuri Language Day]]) is annually observed even before the establishment of the Directorate of Language Planning & Implementation, the Directorate is serving as one of the key organisers of the very annual event after just its inception in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-20 |title=Manipur observes 31st Manipuri Language Day - Eastern Mirror |url=https://easternmirrornagaland.com/manipur-observes-31st-manipuri-language-day/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=easternmirrornagaland.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Language planning and implementation works ==
During November 2013, in collaboration with the ''[[Central Institute of Indian Languages]] (CIIL), [[Ministry of Human Resource Development|MHRD]], [[Government of India]], [[Mysore]]'', the Department of Language Planning and Implementation organised a five-day training programme on [[Natural Language Processing]] (NLP) ''in relation to [[Meitei language]]'' in [[Lamphelpat]]. The event took up the initiatives for the provision of the very essential boost for [[Meitei language]] and for ''"building of co-opera"'' in the ''Linguistic Data Consortium of Indian Languages'' (LDCIL). Major significant tasks discussed and highlighted during the event were [[machine translation]] for [[Meitei language]] documents; [[Optical Character Recognition]] (OCR) for Meitei language [[spell checker]], [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]] (and [[transliteration]]) of [[Bengali script]] into [[Meitei script]] ({{lang-langx|mni|[[Meitei Mayek]]}}) and vice versa. The event's main objective was to set up "building of co-opera" containing millions of [[Meitei language]] words, phrases, word meanings, words' [[spelling checker]] in computers.
Experts and scholars of socio-linguistic groups working on [[Meitei literature]], including the ''[[Manipuri Sahitya Parishad]] (MSP), Culture Forum Manipur, KALAM, MEELAL'', etc. also participated in the event.
The training program event was the ''first step'' in forwarding the development of [[Meitei language]] by the Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Press |first=Imphal Free |title=DLPI takes measures for developing Manipuri – KanglaOnline |date=4 November 2013 |url=http://kanglaonline.com/2013/11/dlpi-takes-measures-for-developing-manipuri/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |language=en-US}}</ref>
During May, 2014, the Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation organised a 10-day workshop onwith [[terminology]]the buildingpurpose forof [[Meiteideveloping Meitei-language]] (officiallyterminology knownto asreplace [[Manipuri language]])English in the Multipurpose Hallareas of [[StatePhysics, Council of Educational ResearchEconomics and Training|SCERT]], [[Lamphelpat]]Geography. Experts, including professors of various departments of [[Botany]], [[Chemistry]], [[Economics]], [[Geography]], [[Physics]], [[Zoology]] and [[Meitei language]] from different universities, took part in the workshop. The purpose of the event was the imparting of education upto graduation level of the ''mentioned general subjects'' in [[Meitei language]] medium. It was in accordance to the provisions of the "Manipur Official Language Act, 1979".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Workshop on Manipuri terminology building begins : 06th may14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=10..060514.may14 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref> The main aim of the event was to discover as many as 30,000 [[Meitei language]] terminologies to replace English terminologies used in three subjects, viz. Physics, Economics and Geography, after which all the practicable Meitei terminologies could be added to a Meitei lexicon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Workshop on finding Manipuri terminologies begins : 06th may14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=25..060514.may14 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
During September 2014, the Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation organised another 10-day workshop., atwith the conference hallaim of theproducing directorate in Old Lambulane town, [[Imphal West district]]. The event was participated by 35 university and college teachers. Translationstranslations of different books ofon various subjects including [[anthropology]], [[commerce]], [[economics]], [[history]], [[home science]], [[philosophy]], [[political science]] and [[sociology]] into [[Meitei language]], for educational standards from Class XI up to graduation level, weresecondary carriedschool outstudents.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Workshop on Manipuri Terminology Building commences : 23rd sep14 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=Snipp16..230914.sep14 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
During March 2016, the DirectorateDLPI of Language Planning and Implementation organisedheld a [[symposium]] on the theme "of ''Multiculturalism and Aspects of Translation". The venue for the event was in the Manipur Press Club''. The symposium had two sessions. In one session, various resource persons presented papers on different topics for the promotion of [[Meitei language]]. In another session, resource persons presented research papers to sharply increase the level of the translation works to impart the knowledge and understanding of [[Meitei language]] to people living outside the state of [[Manipur]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=One day symposium on 'Multiculturalism and Aspects of Translation' organised : 17th mar22 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=16..170322.mar22 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
During June 2017, the Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation organised a 10-day [[Meetei Mayek]] orientation programme for college teachers who teach [[Meitei language]] as a subject. The venue for the event was at the [[Dhanamanjuri University|DM College]] of Arts, [[Imphal]]. In the event, [[Thokchom Radheshyam Singh]], the then ''Education, Labour & Employment Minister'', launched [[Meitei language]] textbooks (in [[Meitei Mayek]]) for the academic degree in [[Bachelor of Arts]] on [[e-book]] formats.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Education Minister stresses development of indigenous language : 14th jun17 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=9..140617.jun17 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
During April 2018, the [[Directorate of Language Planning & Implementation]] organised a three-day conference on the topic ''"Classical Language Status in respect of Manipuri Language"'' at the conference hall of Manipur State Guest House, Sanjenthong, [[Imphal]]. [[Langpoklakpam Jayantakumar Singh]], the then Minister of Art & Culture Department of the [[Government of Manipur]], as a Chief Guest of the event, assured that he will take a leading role in the efforts of attaining classical language status for [[Meitei language]] for the sake of future generations. [[Thokchom Radheshyam Singh]], the then minister of the Education Department of the [[Government of Manipur]], as a President of the event, while calling upon the people to involve in the movement for inclusion of [[Meitei language]] in the classical language list.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Knowing intrinsic values of classical languages crucial' : 16th apr18 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=24..160418.apr18 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
== Issues and Demands ==
=== November 2020 ===
During November 2020, in response to the then education minister's statement of introducing [[Sanskrit]] as a subject in selected schools and colleges of [[Manipur]], there were strong criticism of the minister's plan from the sides of various social organizations. A spearheading social organization, "MEELAL" (Meetei Erol Eyek Loinasillol Apunba Lup) demanded the [[Government of Manipur]] that there should be state language departments other than Directorate of Language Planning and Implementation (DLPI) and the concerned authorities should first work on the development and the promotion of [[Manipur]]'s indigenous languages and [[Meetei Mayek]] writing system before promoting other languages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Education Minister's statement on introduction of Sanskrit in select schools, colleges draws flak : 22nd nov20 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=14..221120.nov20 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref>
=== January 2022 ===
During January 2022, in a meeting with the Wakhallon Mannaba Apunba (WAMA), [[Leishemba Sanajaoba]] expressed that he was extremely unsatisfied with the negligence of the [[Department of Language Planning and Implementation]] in the documentation works for inclusion of [[Meitei language]] among the classical languages. The WAMA expressed that such negligence of the Language Department will make the efforts of Sanajaoba, of raising his voice in the [[Rajya Sabha]], useless. The WAMA demanded the [[Government of Manipur]] for the change of the present director of [[Department of Language Planning and Implementation]]. According to the WAMA, Chitra, the present director, is unfit to hold the very directorial position because of her neglecting and irresponsible behaviours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government must take concrete step for recognition of Manipuri as classical language |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/manipur/government-must-take-concrete-step-for-recognition-of-manipuri-as-classical-language |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}</ref>
The WAMA demanded the [[Government of Manipur]] for the change of the present director of [[Department of Language Planning and Implementation]]. According to the WAMA, Chitra, the present director, is unfit to hold the very directorial position because of her neglecting and irresponsible behaviours.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Government must take concrete step for recognition of Manipuri as classical language |url=https://www.ifp.co.in/manipur/government-must-take-concrete-step-for-recognition-of-manipuri-as-classical-language |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Imphal Free Press |language=en}}</ref>
== Notes and Referencesreferences ==
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* {{Cite web |title=YK College hosts National seminar on Manipuri language |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2020/2/21/Thoubal-Feb-21-The-YK-College-Wangjing-Manipuri-Sahitya-Parishad-Thoubal-branch-and-Khorirol-Sandok-Lup-Wangjing-organised-a-National-seminar-on-aspects-of-Manipuri-language-development-at-the.html |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}
* {{Cite web |date=2017-09-11 |title=Students demand Meitei Meiyek text book {{!}} Pothashang News |url=https://www.pothashang.in/2017/09/11/students-demand-meitei-meiyek-text-book/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=Pothashang |language=en-GB}}
* {{Cite web |title=GP Women College students decry over the unavailability of Meitei Mayek text book : 12th sep17 ~ E-Pao! Headlines |url=httphttps://e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=24..120917.sep17 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=e-pao.net}}
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