Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
71
0
46
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National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2127
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1615
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
ciao
Khurumjari
Thank You
grazie
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Come stai?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
buonanotte
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
buonasera
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
buongiorno
Nongale haugatl
Please
Per Favore
Chanbiduna
Sorry
scusate
Saobiganu
Bye
arrivederci
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ti amo
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Scusami
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Romanesco
Loi
Where They Speak
Lazio
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Central Italian
Pangal
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Tuscan
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
156
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
78.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.90 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
64.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
14.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Italiano
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Italiano
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
italien
Meithei
German Name
Italienisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Italians
Meithei people
Origin
960 BC
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Romance
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Italian
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2738
1
120
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Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
it
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ita
mni
ISO 639 2/B
ita
mni
ISO 639 3
ita
mni
ISO 639 6
itas
mni
Glottocode
ital1282
mani1292
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
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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
Fusional, Synthetic
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