Countries
India, Manipur
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
-
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2732
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1517
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
hallo
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Dankie
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
goeie nag
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
goeie more
Please
Chanbiduna
asseblief
Sorry
Saobiganu
jammer
Bye
Chatcharage
Totsiens
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Loi
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
-
How Many People Speak
5,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
-
How Many People Speak
273,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Namibia
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million19.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million10.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Cape Dutch
French Name
Meithei
afrikaans
German Name
Meithei
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Afrikaners
Origin
1700
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
3823
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
afr
ISO 639 2/B
mni
afr
ISO 639 3
mni
afr
ISO 639 6
mni
afrs
Glottocode
mani1292
afri1274
Linguasphere
omp
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic