Countries
India, Manipur
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1532
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
sannu
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
gode ku
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
yaya dai
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
barka da rana
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
mai kyau safe
Please
Chanbiduna
Don Allah
Sorry
Saobiganu
yi hakuri
Bye
Chatcharage
sai anjima
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Loi
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Ghana
How Many People Speak
5,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Niger
How Many People Speak
273,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Niger
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0050.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million50.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million35.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
Meithei
haoussa
German Name
Meithei
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1700
14
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Hausa
Language Position
3834
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Hausa
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
hau
ISO 639 2/B
mni
hau
ISO 639 3
mni
hau
ISO 639 6
mni
hau
Glottocode
mani1292
haus1257
Linguasphere
omp
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional