Countries
Nigeria
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Nigeria
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
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Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4427
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
3215
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Khurumjari
Thank You
gode ku
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
yaya dai
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
barka da yamma
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
Nongale haugatl
Please
Don Allah
Chanbiduna
Sorry
yi hakuri
Saobiganu
Bye
sai anjima
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ina son ku
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
gafara dai
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Loi
Where They Speak
Ghana
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Pangal
Where They Speak
Niger
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Niger
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
50.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
206
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
haoussa
Meithei
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Meithei people
Origin
14
1700
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Chadic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Hausa
Standard Meithei
Language Position
3438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
ha
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
mni
ISO 639 2/B
hau
mni
ISO 639 3
hau
mni
ISO 639 6
hau
mni
Glottocode
haus1257
mani1292
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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