Countries
India, Manipur
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Govenment of Goa
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Marathi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2752
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1536
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Namaskar
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Dev Borem Korum
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
kaso assa?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Rati Boren Zavonn
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Sanj Borem Zavonn
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Dis Borem Zavonn
Please
Chanbiduna
Chike
Sorry
Saobiganu
Maf kor
Bye
Chatcharage
Adeus
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
hav tujo mog korta.
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
upkar korxi
Dialect 1
Loi
Antruz
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Goa
How Many People Speak
5,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
-
How Many People Speak
273,000.002,700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.007.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million8.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Kōṅkaṇī
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
French Name
Meithei
konkani
German Name
Meithei
Konkani
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
kõkɳi
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Konkanis
Origin
1700
1209 A.D.
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Kokani
Language Position
3823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
kok
ISO 639 2/B
mni
kok
ISO 639 3
mni
kok
ISO 639 6
mni
kok
Glottocode
mani1292
goan1235
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-