Countries
India, Manipur
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Regulated By
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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.
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Bengali Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2747
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1531
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks18 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
નમસ્તે (namaste)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Please
Chanbiduna
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
Sorry
Saobiganu
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
Bye
Chatcharage
બાય (Bāya)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
Dialect 1
Loi
Kathiyawadi
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
5,000.0046,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Kharwa
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
273,000.0056,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Surati
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0056,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million50.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million55.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
French Name
Meithei
goudjrati
German Name
Meithei
Gujarati-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Gujaratis
Origin
1700
15
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Gujarati
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Gujarati
Language Position
3823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Gujarati
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
gu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
guj
ISO 639 2/B
mni
guj
ISO 639 3
mni
guj
ISO 639 6
mni
guj
Glottocode
mani1292
guja1252
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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