Countries
Estonia, European Union
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Estonia, Gambia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language
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Interesting Facts
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Finnish
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
96
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1815
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
23
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Tere
Khurumjari
Thank You
aitäh
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Head ööd
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Tere õhtust
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Tere päevast
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Tere hommikust
Nongale haugatl
Please
Palun
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Vabandust
Saobiganu
Bye
Head aega
Chatcharage
I Love You
ma armastan sind
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Vabandage
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Keskmurre
Loi
Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tartu
Pangal
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Idamurre
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
1,300,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.10 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.95 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.10 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
eesti keel
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Eesti keel
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
estonien
Meithei
German Name
Estnisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Estonians
Meithei people
Origin
13th century
1700
Language Family
Uralic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Finno-Ugric
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Finnic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Estonian
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2238
1
120
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Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
et
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
est
mni
ISO 639 2/B
est
mni
ISO 639 3
est
mni
ISO 639 6
est
mni
Glottocode
esto1258
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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