Countries
India, Manipur
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Assam, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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Regulated By
-
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2745
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
620
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1525
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
नमस्कार
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
बोडो
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
Chanbiduna
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
Saobiganu
दु:खित
Bye
Chatcharage
Lwrbw
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Loi
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
273,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million0.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
Meithei
bodo
German Name
Meithei
Bodo
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
1700
1913
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
-
Language Position
3830
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
brx
ISO 639 2/B
mni
brx
ISO 639 3
mni
brx
ISO 639 6
mni
brx
Glottocode
mani1292
bodo1269
Linguasphere
omp
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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