Countries
India, Manipur
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
-
Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2762
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
62
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1560
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Chanbiduna
амритана
Sorry
Saobiganu
Амарахь
Bye
Chatcharage
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
-
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Loi
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
5,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
273,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Sadz
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million0.13 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million0.13 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
Meithei
abkhaze
German Name
Meithei
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Abkhaz people
Origin
1700
c. 1650
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Abkhaz
Language Position
3828
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
abk
ISO 639 2/B
mni
abk
ISO 639 3
mni
abk
ISO 639 6
mni
abks
Glottocode
mani1292
abkh1244
Linguasphere
omp
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative