Countries
India, Manipur
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Armenian
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2724
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1517
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Chanbiduna
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Saobiganu
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Chatcharage
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Loi
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Greece
How Many People Speak
5,000.002,800.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Griko
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Italy
How Many People Speak
273,000.0050,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
625
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.18 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
Meithei
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Meithei
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
1700
1500 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Hellenic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Greek
Language Position
3874
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
el
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
ell
ISO 639 2/B
mni
gre
ISO 639 3
mni
ell
ISO 639 6
mni
ells
Glottocode
mani1292
gree1276
Linguasphere
omp
56-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic