Countries
Fiji, 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, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
Not Available
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
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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)
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Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
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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)
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Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Burma, Laos
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Bundeli
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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]
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Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Meithei people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Standard Meithei
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
hi
No data available
ISO 639 6
hins
Not Available
Glottocode
hind1269
mani1292
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
omp
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Hindi and Meithei Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Hindi and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hindi and Meithei language. Hindi word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (Namastē) or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Hindi Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hindi vs Meithei Difficulty
The Hindi vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hindi Alphabets and Meithei Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Hindi and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hindi and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hindi is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.