Countries
India, Manipur
China, Mongolia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, Mongolia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Turkish Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2735
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
613
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1520
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
Please
Chanbiduna
Хэрэв (Kherev)
Sorry
Saobiganu
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
Bye
Chatcharage
Баяртай (Bayartai)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
Dialect 1
Loi
Khalkha Mongolian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
5,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Ordos Mongolian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
273,000.00123,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Khorchin Mongolian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Mongolia
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.005,700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million5.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.14 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.50 million5.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat
French Name
Meithei
mongol
German Name
Meithei
Mongolisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Mongols
Origin
1700
1224-1225
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Mongolic family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Mongolian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
Language Position
3826
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Mongolian Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mon
ISO 639 2/B
mni
mon
ISO 639 3
mni
mon
ISO 639 6
mni
mon
Glottocode
mani1292
mong1331
Linguasphere
omp
part of 44-BAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-