Countries
Fiji, India
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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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, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
116
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3315
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Khurumjari
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Nongale haugatl
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
Saobiganu
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
Chatcharage
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Loi
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Pangal
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bundeli
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
216
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
380.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
4.70 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
260.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
हिन्दी
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
hindi
Meithei
German Name
Hindi
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Meithei people
Origin
7th Century
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Standard Meithei
Language Position
538
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
hi
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
mni
ISO 639 2/B
hin
mni
ISO 639 3
hin
mni
ISO 639 6
hins
mni
Glottocode
hind1269
mani1292
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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