Countries
India, Manipur
Rajastan, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Rajastan, India
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
Nepal, Pakistan
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
- Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages
Derived From
-
Gujarati Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2742
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1532
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
khammaghani
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
dhanyavaad
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kikan ho sa?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
shubh raatri
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Shubh Honjh
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Shubh Befar
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Shubh Havar
Please
Chanbiduna
kirpa
Sorry
Saobiganu
Maaf Karo
Bye
Chatcharage
bye
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
main tanne pyaar karoon
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
maaf karo
Dialect 1
Loi
Jogi
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
India
How Many People Speak
5,000.0014,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Bagri
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India
How Many People Speak
273,000.0014,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Dhundhari
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0013,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million22.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million14.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million13.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Marwari
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani
French Name
Meithei
marvari
German Name
Meithei
Marwari
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[məˈrwɑːɾi]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Marwari or Marwadi
Origin
1700
16
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
Marwari
Language Position
3872
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mwr
ISO 639 2/B
mni
mwr
ISO 639 3
mni
mwr
ISO 639 6
mni
mwr
Glottocode
mani1292
raja1256
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-