Countries
India, Manipur
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
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Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2751
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1540
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Chanbiduna
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Saobiganu
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Chatcharage
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Loi
Chakma
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
5,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Hajong
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
273,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
625
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
Meithei
bengali
German Name
Meithei
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1700
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Bengali
Language Position
384
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
ben
ISO 639 2/B
mni
ben
ISO 639 3
mni
ben
ISO 639 6
mni
ben
Glottocode
mani1292
beng1280
Linguasphere
omp
59-AAF-u
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-