Meitei Language Day (Meitei: Meitei Longi Numit; /mei-tei lon-gee noo-meet/), also known as Manipuri Language Day (Meitei: Manipuri Longi Numit; /ma-nee-poo-ree lon-gee noo-meet/), is observed annually on 20 August. It is a commemoration of the day on which Meitei language (officially known as Manipuri language) was included in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India and made one of the languages with official status in India on the 20th August, 1992.