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Countries

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

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2745
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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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
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks25 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

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

Dialects

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
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Dialect 2

Pangal
Bakhtiari

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Iran

How Many People Speak

273,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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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
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Total No. Of Dialects

65
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.50 million0.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.00 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.50 million0.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million89.00 million
0.01 400
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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

History

Origin

1700
19 BC

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian

Branch

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Indic

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
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Standard Forms

Standard Meithei
gd

Language Position

3823
1 120
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Signed Forms

Meithei Sign Language
Indian Signing System

Scope

-
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Code

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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Meithei and Luri Alphabets

Meithei and Luri Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Meithei and Luri. In Meithei Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Luri Alphabets there are 45 letters. To learn Meithei and Luri languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Meithei and Luri languages. The Meithei phonology consist Meithei vowels and Meithei consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Meithei greetings vs Luri greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Meithei and Luri are Most Spoken Languages.

All Meithei and Luri 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 Luri dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Luri language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Luri Dialects are spoken in different Luri speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Luri Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Luri dialects include: Feyli lurish , Bakhtiari. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Meithei and Luri Speaking population

Meithei and Luri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Luri languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Luri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 %. 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 Luri on Meithei vs Luri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Luri Language Codes

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