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{{short description|Clan of the Indian ethnic group, Meetei}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox clan
| clan name = Chenglei<br />(Salai Leishangthem)
| image badge = Salang Leishangthem Dynasty Sword.jpg
| image_size = 300px
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| badge_caption = Chenglei (Salang Leishangthem) dynasty sword, a [[Meitei traditional weapon]]
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| country = [[India]]
| region = [[Manipur]]
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| ethnicity = [[Meitei people]]
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| chiefs name = '''Chenglei Iputhou'''
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'''Chenglei''' or '''Salai Leishangthem''' or '''Salang Leishangthem''' or '''Sarang Leishangthem''' is a group of people, which is recognized as one of the seven [[Yek Salai]] clans of the composite [[Meitei confederacy]].
It consists of numerous [[Meitei surnames|Yumnaks]] which are native peoples of ancient [[Kangleipak]] (now [[Manipur]]), one of the states of [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Ethnic_Races_Manipur.Meeteis_Surname|title=Meeteis Surname|website=E-pao.net|accessdate=13 November 2018}}</ref>

[[File:Flag of Kangleipak.svg|thumb|In the flag of [[Kangleipak]], the green color represents the Chenglei group of [[Meitei people]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}]]

== Number of families ==
{{Main|Yumnak}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
!Meitei sub-groups
!Romanisation
!Number of families/surnames (according to N. Monihar<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.467297/page/n11/mode/1up|title=Sagei Salai Apoklon|last=Monihar|first=N.|date=2000|publisher=Internet Archive; Digital Library of India|location=India|language=mni}}</ref>)
!Number of families/surnames (according to Khomdon Lisam<ref>{{Cite web|title=Who are the Indigenous People of Manipur Part 2 By Khomdon Lisam|url=https://e-pao.net/epPageExtractor.asp?src=features.Who_are_the_Indigenous_People_of_Manipur_Part_2_By_Khomdon_Lisam.html..|access-date=2025-02-15|website=e-pao.net}}</ref>)
!Number of families/surnames (according to T.C. Hodson<ref>Hodson, Thomas Callan. The Meitheis. India: D. Nutt, 1908.</ref>)
!Number of families/surnames (according to Manipur Mirror)
!Number of families/surnames (according to MASTEC)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The People - Manipur Science and Technology Council (MASTEC) |url=https://mastec.nic.in/index.php/the-people.html |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=mastec.nic.in}}</ref>
|-
|{{Script|Mtei|ꯁꯂꯥꯡ ꯂꯩꯁꯥꯡꯊꯦꯝ (ꯁꯂꯥꯏ ꯂꯩꯁꯥꯡꯊꯦꯝ)}}
|Chenglei (Sarang / Salang / Salai Leishangthem)
|62
|45
|41
|65<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=SALANG LEISHANGTHEM – Manipur Mirror |url=https://manipurmirror.com/salang-leishangthem/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|35
|}
== See also ==
*[[Mangang]]
*[[Luwang]]
*[[Khuman Salai|Khuman]]
*[[Angom]]
*[[Kha Nganpa]]
*[[Moilang]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Meitei clans]]

{{India-ethno-stub}}

Chenglei - Revision history

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