Countries
India, Manipur
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2747
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1522
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
pranam
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Śubharātri
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Suprabhaat
Please
Chanbiduna
kripaya
Sorry
Saobiganu
maf karai
Bye
Chatcharage
Alavidā
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
kripaya
Dialect 1
Loi
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Nepal
How Many People Speak
5,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
North India
How Many People Speak
273,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Khortha
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
615
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million32.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.80 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
Meithei
maithili
German Name
Meithei
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Maithil
Origin
1700
14th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Maithili
Language Position
3840
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mai
ISO 639 2/B
mni
mai
ISO 639 3
mni
mai
ISO 639 6
mni
mai
Glottocode
mani1292
mait1250
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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