Countries
India, Manipur
Fiji, India
Total No. Of Countries
12
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, Oceania
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Urdu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1533
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
नमस्ते (Namastē)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Please
Chanbiduna
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Saobiganu
खेद (Khēda)
Bye
Chatcharage
अलविदा (Alavidā)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
Dialect 1
Loi
Khariboli
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
How Many People Speak
5,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Marwari
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
How Many People Speak
273,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bundelkhand
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million380.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %4.70 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million260.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million120.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
हिन्दी
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
French Name
Meithei
hindi
German Name
Meithei
Hindi
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Hindustani people
Origin
1700
7th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Hindi
Language Position
385
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
hi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
hin
ISO 639 2/B
mni
hin
ISO 639 3
mni
hin
ISO 639 6
mni
hins
Glottocode
mani1292
hind1269
Linguasphere
omp
59-AAF-qf
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic