Countries
India
India, Manipur
National Language
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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
Bengali Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Khurumjari
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Nongale haugatl
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Saobiganu
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
Chatcharage
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Loi
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Burma, Laos
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Surati
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
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Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
goudjrati
Meithei
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Meithei people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard Meithei
Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Meithei Sign Language
ISO 639 1
gu
No data available
Glottocode
guja1252
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Gujarati and Meithei Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Gujarati and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Gujarati and Meithei Speaking population
Gujarati and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Gujarati and Meithei on Gujarati vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Meithei Language Codes
Gujarati and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.