Countries
Meghalaya
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
- 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
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1415
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumno
Khurumjari
Thank You
Khublei
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
thia sukh
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
babha janmiet
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
khublei
Nongale haugatl
Please
Sngewbha
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Map
Saobiganu
Bye
khublei
Chatcharage
I Love You
ieit ieit
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
map a nga
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Loi
Where They Speak
-
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Pangal
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Ka Ktien
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
khasi
Meithei
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Meithei people
Origin
1200 AD
1700
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Standard Meithei
Language Position
4038
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
mni
ISO 639 2/B
kha
mni
ISO 639 3
kha
mni
ISO 639 6
kha
mni
Glottocode
khas1269
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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