Countries
India, Manipur
Fiji, India
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
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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
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Bundeli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bundelkhand
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
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Hindi
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Indian Signing System
ISO 639 1
No data available
hi
Glottocode
mani1292
hind1269
Linguasphere
omp
59-AAF-qf
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional, Synthetic
All Meithei and Hindi Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Meithei and Hindi dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Hindi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Hindi Dialects are spoken in different Hindi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Hindi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Hindi dialects include: Khariboli , Marwari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Meithei and Hindi Speaking population
Meithei and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Meithei and Hindi on Meithei vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Hindi Language Codes
Meithei and Hindi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Hindi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.