Countries
India, Manipur
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean Language
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2740
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
621
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1519
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Chanbiduna
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Saobiganu
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Chatcharage
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Loi
Jeju
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
South Korea
How Many People Speak
5,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
South Korea
How Many People Speak
273,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
612
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
Meithei
coréen
German Name
Meithei
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Koreans
Origin
1700
Before 1st century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
3812
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
kor
ISO 639 2/B
mni
kor
ISO 639 3
mni
Kor
ISO 639 6
mni
kor
Glottocode
mani1292
kore1280
Linguasphere
omp
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative