Countries
India
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Govenment of Goa
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Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
- 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
Marathi
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3615
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Namaskar
Khurumjari
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
kaso assa?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
Nongale haugatl
Please
Chike
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Maf kor
Saobiganu
Bye
Adeus
Chatcharage
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Antruz
Loi
Where They Speak
Goa
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Pangal
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
7.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
16
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
konkani
Meithei
German Name
Konkani
Meithei
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Konkanis
Meithei people
Origin
1209 A.D.
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Kokani
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2338
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kok
mni
ISO 639 2/B
kok
mni
ISO 639 3
kok
mni
ISO 639 6
kok
mni
Glottocode
goan1235
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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