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Countries

Countries

India, Manipur
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

133
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America

Minority Language

Assam, Manipur, Tripura
South Africa

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.

Similar To

Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2726
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1521
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali
Latin

Writing Direction

-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

37
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks6 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Khurumjari
Hello

Thank You

Yamna nungaijare
Thank you

How Are You?

Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
How are you?

Good Night

Athengba Ahing
Good Night

Good Evening

মানিপুরি
Good Evening

Good Afternoon

দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Afternoon

Good Morning

Nongale haugatl
Good Morning

Please

Chanbiduna
Please

Sorry

Saobiganu
Sorry

Bye

Chatcharage
Bye

I Love You

Eina nangbu nungsi
I love you

Excuse Me

দুঃখিত
Excuse Me

Dialects

Dialect 1

Loi
American English

Where They Speak

Burma, Laos
United States of America

How Many People Speak

5,000.00225,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Pangal
Hiberno-English

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

273,000.004,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Meithei proper
Welsh English

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
United Kingdom

How Many People Speak

1,250,000.002,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

6188
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.50 million1,200.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %5.43 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.50 million400.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million400.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

মৈইতৈইলোন
English

Alternative Names

Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
English

French Name

Meithei
anglais

German Name

Meithei
Englisch

Pronunciation

[ˈmeɪteɪ]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Ethnicity

Meithei people
English people

History

Origin

1700
5th Century AD

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tibeto-Burman
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English

Standard Forms

Standard Meithei
Standard English

Language Position

383
1 120
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Signed Forms

Meithei Sign Language
Signed English

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
en

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mni
eng

ISO 639 2/B

mni
eng

ISO 639 3

mni
eng

ISO 639 6

mni
engs

Glottocode

mani1292
stan1293

Linguasphere

omp
52-ABA

Types of Language

Language Type

-
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic

Meithei and English Alphabets

Meithei and English Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Meithei and English. In Meithei Alphabets there are 27 letters while in English Alphabets there are 26 letters. To learn Meithei and English languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Meithei and English languages. The Meithei phonology consist Meithei vowels and Meithei consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Meithei greetings vs English greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Meithei and English are Most Spoken Languages.

All Meithei and English Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Meithei and English dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and English language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas English Dialects are spoken in different English speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs English Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. English dialects include: American English , Hiberno-English. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Meithei and English Speaking population

Meithei and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and English languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Meithei and English on Meithei vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and English Language Codes

Meithei and English language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and English Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.