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Meithei and Malayalam


Malayalam and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

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

Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
15  
12

How Many Consonants
15  
5
41  
30

Scripts
Bengali  
Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Judeo-Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Israel, kerala  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Mappila  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
India  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Pandy Malayalam  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
France, kerala  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
38,000,000.00  
16

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
38.00 million  
33

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.57 %  
29

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
38.00 million  
23

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  

History

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
38  
35
29  
27

Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language  
Signed Malayalam  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Meithei and Malayalam Speaking population

Meithei and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Meithei vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Malayalam Language Codes

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

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