Countries
India, Manipur
Bhutan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bhutan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
India
Regulated By
-
Dzongkha Development Commission
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Sikkimese Language
Derived From
-
Tibetan Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2795
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1530
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks38 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Kuzoozangpo La
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Kaadinchhey La
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
lek shom ay zim
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ
Please
Chanbiduna
བསྐྱར་མ་
Sorry
Saobiganu
Tsip maza
Bye
Chatcharage
Log Jay Gay
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Nga cheu lu ga
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Tsip maza
Dialect 1
Loi
Laya
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,100.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Lunana
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
273,000.00700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Adap
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bhutan
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00130,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million0.64 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million0.17 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.47 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
French Name
Meithei
dzongkha
German Name
Meithei
Dzongkha
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Ngalop people
Origin
1700
17th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
Tibeto-Burman
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Dzongkha
Language Position
3831
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Dzongkha
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
dz
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
dzo
ISO 639 2/B
mni
dzo
ISO 639 3
mni
dzo
ISO 639 6
mni
dzo
Glottocode
mani1292
nucl1307
Linguasphere
omp
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-