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| group = Bishnupriya Manipuri<br />
| image = File:Bishnupriya Manipuri girls with their cultural attire.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Bishnupriya Manipuri girls in traditional attire<br />
| population = 119,646<ref name="Abstract"/><ref name="Ethnologue"/><br />
| regions = {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]<br/> {{flagicon|Bangladesh}} [[Bangladesh]]<br />
| region1 = {{Flag|India}}<br />
| pop1 = 79,646 (2011)<ref name="Abstract">{{cite web |title=Abstract of Speakers' Strength of Languages and Mother Tongues - 2011 |url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf |website=censusindia.gov.in |access-date=12 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220172325/https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011Census/Language-2011/Statement-1.pdf |archive-date=20 February 2022}}</ref><br />
| region2 = {{flagicon|Bangladesh}}<br />
| pop2 = 40,000 (2003)<ref name="Ethnologue">{{cite web |title=Bishnupuriya |url=https://www.ethnologue.com/language/bpy |website=Ethnologue |access-date=12 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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| religions = [[Hinduism]] ([[Vaishnavism]])<br />
| languages = [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language|Bishnupriya Manipuri]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]]<br />
| related = [[Meitei people]]<br />
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The '''Bishnupriya Manipuris'''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=lRRYBHQvXdsC&pg=PA69&lpg=PA69&dq=the+bishnupriya&source=bl&ots=iLIZB5Mqn9&sig=H2gdpCT8b3YlimWzOIynczbiltI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwict-OCluDQAhUBTrwKHQeSCyo4FBDoAQguMAU#v=onepage&q=the%20bishnupriya&f=false|Big Debate: Documents relating to the Orientalist-Anglicist controversy,. 1781–1843]</ref> are a group of [[Indo-Aryan people|Indo-Aryan]] people that live in [[Assam]], [[Tripura]], [[Manipur]] and northeastern [[Bangladesh]]. They speak the [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language]], which is of [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]] origin. The most distinctive feature of the language is it replete with Tibeto-Burman ([[Meitei language|Meitei]]) elements. The culture of the people is highly influenced by that of the [[Meiteis]], with the exception of a few folk practices which are prevalent among the Meiteis.<br />
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== Notable people ==<br />
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* [[Guru Bipin Singh]] was a director, choreographer and teacher of Manipuri dance.<br />
* [[Justice]] [[Surendra Kumar Sinha]], former [[Chief Justice of Bangladesh]] <br />
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[[Category:Ethnic groups in Manipur]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Northeast India]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in Bangladesh]]<br />
[[Category:Ethnic groups in South Asia]]</div>Bot