Countries
Japan
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Japan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
9927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1415
9
60
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Scripts
Kana
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Khurumjari
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Nongale haugatl
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Saobiganu
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Chatcharage
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Loi
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Pangal
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Kansai
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
kansai
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
127,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
316
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
128.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.90 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
128.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
日本語
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Nihongo
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
japonais
Meithei
German Name
Japanisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Meithei people
Origin
1185
1700
Language Family
Japonic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
838
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ja
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
mni
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
mni
ISO 639 3
jpn
mni
ISO 639 6
jpn
mni
Glottocode
nucl1643
mani1292
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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