Dr. Ibo Meetei

Meitei Lon Project
Manipur, India

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Meitei Lon is the official language of Manipur state, India.  It is also an official language in four districts of Assam.  "In 1992, it became the first Tibeto-Burman language recognized as an official language of India" (Wikipedia).   Meitei is also called Manipuri.  It is spoken as the mother tongue of 1.76 million people, most of whom are in Manipur.  "There are smaller communities in neighboring Indian States such as Assam (168,000), Tripura (24,000), Nagaland (9,500), and elsewhere in the country (37,500).  The language is also spoken by smaller groups in neighboring Myanmar and Bangladesh).  Meitei and Gujarati jointly hold the third place among the fastest growing languages of India, following Hindi and Kashmiri."  

The Bible is being translated by Dr. Ibo Meetei, Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Imphal, Manipur, India.  Dr. Meitei in a graduate of Landmark Baptist College in Haines City, Florida.