Countries
India, Manipur
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Israel
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Poland
Regulated By
-
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2722
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
60
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1522
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Hebrew
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Chanbiduna
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Saobiganu
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
Chatcharage
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Loi
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Israel
How Many People Speak
5,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
273,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Israel
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
67
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million9.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million4.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
Meithei
hébreu
German Name
Meithei
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
1700
1000 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
3823
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Hebrew
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
heb
ISO 639 2/B
mni
heb
ISO 639 3
mni
heb
ISO 639 6
mni
heb
Glottocode
mani1292
hebr1246
Linguasphere
omp
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic