Countries
India, Manipur
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
-
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2727
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1518
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Latin
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
Tere
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
aitäh
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Head ööd
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Tere päevast
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Tere hommikust
Please
Chanbiduna
Palun
Sorry
Saobiganu
Vabandust
Bye
Chatcharage
Head aega
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Loi
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Tartu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
273,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Eesti keel
French Name
Meithei
estonien
German Name
Meithei
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Estonians
Origin
1700
13th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Estonian
Language Position
3822
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
est
ISO 639 2/B
mni
est
ISO 639 3
mni
est
ISO 639 6
mni
est
Glottocode
mani1292
esto1258
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative