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Meithei and Konkani


Konkani and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
15  
5
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

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  

History

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
38  
35
23  
21

Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

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
-  
-  

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All Meithei and Konkani Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Meithei and Konkani dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Konkani language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Konkani Dialects are spoken in different Konkani speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Konkani Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Konkani dialects include: Antruz Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Meithei and Konkani Speaking population

Meithei and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Meithei and Konkani on Meithei vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Konkani Language Codes

Meithei and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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