Countries
India, Manipur
Meghalaya
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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Regulated By
-
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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.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2723
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1514
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
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
Kumno
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Khublei
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
thia sukh
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
khublei
Please
Chanbiduna
Sngewbha
Sorry
Saobiganu
Map
Bye
Chatcharage
khublei
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
map a nga
Dialect 1
Loi
Bhoi
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
-
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
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How Many People Speak
273,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million0.84 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million0.84 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
Meithei
khasi
German Name
Meithei
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Khasi people
Origin
1700
1200 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
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Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Khasi
Language Position
3840
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
kha
ISO 639 2/B
mni
kha
ISO 639 3
mni
kha
ISO 639 6
mni
kha
Glottocode
mani1292
khas1269
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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