Countries
India, Manipur
Iran
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Iran
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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Regulated By
-
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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.
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Persian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2745
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1540
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Arabic
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks25 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
hello
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Thank you
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
how are you
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Good night
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Good evening
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Good morning
Please
Chanbiduna
Please
Sorry
Saobiganu
sorry
Bye
Chatcharage
bye
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
i love you
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
excuse me
Dialect 1
Loi
Feyli lurish
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran
How Many People Speak
5,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Bakhtiari
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Iran
How Many People Speak
273,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Laki
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Iran
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.001,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million0.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.00 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million0.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million89.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
nanme
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Lori, Luri, Luristani
French Name
Meithei
louri
German Name
Meithei
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Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Lurs
Origin
1700
19 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
gd
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
gd
Language Position
3823
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
12
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
lrc
ISO 639 2/B
mni
lrc
ISO 639 3
mni
12
ISO 639 6
mni
lrc
Glottocode
mani1292
12
Linguasphere
omp
12
Types of Language
Language Type
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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