Countries
India, Manipur
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2738
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1532
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
312
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Chanbiduna
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Saobiganu
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
Chatcharage
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Loi
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
273,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million6.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million7.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
Meithei
arménien
German Name
Meithei
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Armenians
Origin
1700
late 5th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
3814
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Armenian
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
hye
ISO 639 2/B
mni
arm
ISO 639 3
mni
hye
ISO 639 6
mni
hye
Glottocode
mani1292
arme1241
Linguasphere
omp
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic