Countries
India, Manipur
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1531
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Selam
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Dehna dur
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Chanbiduna
i'bakwon
Sorry
Saobiganu
aznallehu
Bye
Chatcharage
tschao
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Loi
Gondar
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Gondar
How Many People Speak
5,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
273,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Showa
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
Meithei
amharique
German Name
Meithei
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Amharas
Origin
1700
13th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Amharic
Language Position
3855
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Amharic
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
amh
ISO 639 2/B
mni
amh
ISO 639 3
mni
amh
ISO 639 6
mni
amh
Glottocode
mani1292
amha1245
Linguasphere
omp
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional