Countries
Iran
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Iran
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Antartica
Asia
Minority Language
-
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
- 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
Persian
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4527
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4015
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
25 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hello
Khurumjari
Thank You
Thank you
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
how are you
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Good night
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Good evening
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Good morning
Nongale haugatl
Please
Please
Chanbiduna
Sorry
sorry
Saobiganu
Bye
bye
Chatcharage
I Love You
i love you
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
excuse me
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Feyli lurish
Loi
Where They Speak
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bakhtiari
Pangal
Where They Speak
Iran
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Laki
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Iran
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
56
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.00 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
89.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
nanme
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Lori, Luri, Luristani
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
louri
Meithei
German Name
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Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈoɽia]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Lurs
Meithei people
Origin
19 BC
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
gd
No early forms
Standard Forms
gd
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2338
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
12
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lrc
mni
ISO 639 2/B
lrc
mni
ISO 639 3
12
mni
ISO 639 6
lrc
mni
Glottocode
12
mani1292
Linguasphere
12
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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