Countries
India, Manipur
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
617
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1527
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Hach ch'i
Please
Chanbiduna
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Saobiganu
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
Chatcharage
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Loi
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
5,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Poguli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
273,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Rambani
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.50 million5.42 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
Meithei
kashmiri
German Name
Meithei
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
1700
12th 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
Kashmiri
Language Position
3823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
kas
ISO 639 2/B
mni
kas
ISO 639 3
mni
kas
ISO 639 6
mni
kas
Glottocode
mani1292
kash1277
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-