Countries
India, Manipur
India, Nepal
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
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Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Hindi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Khurumjari
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
Saobiganu
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Chatcharage
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Nepal
Dialect 2
Pangal
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Nepal
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
Meithei
népalais
German Name
Meithei
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Nepali
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
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Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
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Glottocode
mani1292
nepa1254
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Meithei and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Meithei and Nepali Speaking population
Meithei and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Meithei vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Nepali Language Codes
Meithei and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.