Countries
India, Manipur
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
-
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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 Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2736
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1528
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
kedụ
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
dalụ
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ka chi fo
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
ụtụtụ ọma
Please
Chanbiduna
Biko
Sorry
Saobiganu
Ndo
Bye
Chatcharage
Kachifo
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
ngọpụ
Dialect 1
Loi
Enuani
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
5,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Ngwa
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
273,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0024.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.09 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million24.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
igbo
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Ibo
French Name
Meithei
igbo
German Name
Meithei
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Igbo people
Origin
1700
30th Century BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Kwa
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Igbo
Language Position
3857
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ig
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
ibo
ISO 639 2/B
mni
ibo
ISO 639 3
mni
ibo
ISO 639 6
mni
ibo
Glottocode
mani1292
nucl1417
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative