Countries
India, Manipur
Cambodia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
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
Australia, France, United States of America
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2753
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
620
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1533
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Khmer
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
រាត្រីលា
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
លើកលែងរសៀល
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
អរុណប្រចាំឡើង
Please
Chanbiduna
សូម
Sorry
Saobiganu
សូរី
Bye
Chatcharage
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
សូមទាញយក
Dialect 1
Loi
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Vietnam
How Many People Speak
273,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.50 million13.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
Meithei
khmer central
German Name
Meithei
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Origin
1700
14
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Khmer
Language Position
381
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Khmer Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
km
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
khm
ISO 639 2/B
mni
khm
ISO 639 3
mni
khm
ISO 639 6
mni
khm
Glottocode
mani1292
khme1253
Linguasphere
omp
48-ACB
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating