Countries
India, Manipur
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
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
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
-
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2753
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
615
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1541
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Chanbiduna
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Saobiganu
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
Bye
Chatcharage
വിട (viṭa)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Loi
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Israel, kerala
How Many People Speak
5,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Mappila
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India
How Many People Speak
273,000.0038,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
France, kerala
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.50 million38.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
Meithei
malayalam
German Name
Meithei
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Malayali
Origin
1700
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Malayalam
Language Position
3829
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ml
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mal
ISO 639 2/B
mni
mal
ISO 639 3
mni
mal
ISO 639 6
mni
mal
Glottocode
mani1292
mala1464
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic