Countries
India, Manipur
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
-
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Japanese and Korean Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
624
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1523
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Chanbiduna
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Saobiganu
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Chatcharage
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Loi
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
5,000.00960,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Wu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
273,000.0080,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Yue
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0060,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million1,051.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %16.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million873.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million178.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Zhongwen, Hanyu
French Name
Meithei
chinois
German Name
Meithei
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Han
Origin
1700
1250 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Chinese
Language Position
381
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
zho
ISO 639 2/B
mni
chi
ISO 639 3
mni
zho
ISO 639 6
mni
zho
Glottocode
mani1292
sini1245
Linguasphere
omp
79-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating