Countries
India, Manipur
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Bengali and Assamese
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2742
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1531
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
Please
Chanbiduna
ଦୟାକରି
Sorry
Saobiganu
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
Bye
Chatcharage
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
Dialect 1
Loi
Baleswari
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
India
How Many People Speak
5,000.0033,800,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Ganjami
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India
How Many People Speak
273,000.0033,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Kosli
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00520,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.50 million33.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.50 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
French Name
Meithei
oriya
German Name
Meithei
Oriya-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈoɽia]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Odias
Origin
1700
3 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Odia
Language Position
3832
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Indian Signing System
Scope
-
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
or
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
ori
ISO 639 2/B
mni
ori
ISO 639 3
mni
ori
ISO 639 6
mni
ori
Glottocode
mani1292
macr1269
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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