Countries
India, Manipur
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Middle East
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Farsi Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1529
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Silaw
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Sipas
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Şev xweş
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Bayanit bash
Please
Chanbiduna
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Saobiganu
Bibûre
Bye
Chatcharage
Be xêr çî
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Loi
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
273,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million28.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.31 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
Meithei
kurde
German Name
Meithei
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Kurds
Origin
1700
16th century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Kurdish
Language Position
3814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
kur
ISO 639 2/B
mni
kur
ISO 639 3
mni
kur
ISO 639 6
mni
kur
Glottocode
mani1292
kurd1259
Linguasphere
omp
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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