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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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
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
Not Available   
Sanj Borem Zavonn   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
upkar korxi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Antruz   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Goa   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
7.40 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
Not Available   
kõkɳi   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Konkanis   

History

Origin
1700   
1209 A.D.   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Kokani   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
goan1235   

Linguasphere
omp   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available 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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