Countries
Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Pakistan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4427
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
176
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2715
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Bengali
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Greetings
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
Khurumjari
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Not Available
Not Available
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
Not Available
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
Nongale haugatl
Please
Not Available
Chanbiduna
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Saobiganu
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
Chatcharage
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Not Available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
Loi
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
NA5,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Poguli
Pangal
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
NA273,000.00
700
80000000
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Dialect 3
Rambani
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
5.42 million1.50 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
kashmiri
Meithei
German Name
Kaschmiri
Meithei
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
Meithei people
History
Origin
12th Century
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
Standard Meithei
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
Code
ISO 639 1
ks
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kas
mni
ISO 639 2/B
kas
mni
ISO 639 3
kas
mni
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
kash1277
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available