Countries
India, Manipur
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Somalia
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Somali Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2734
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1524
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
akkam
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
Chanbiduna
Maaloo
Sorry
Saobiganu
naa dhiisi
Bye
Chatcharage
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Loi
Borana
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
5,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Orma
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Kenya
How Many People Speak
273,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Wata
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Kenya
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
617
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.36 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million35.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
Meithei
galla
German Name
Meithei
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Oromos
Origin
1700
16
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
3891
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
orm
ISO 639 2/B
mni
orm
ISO 639 3
mni
orm
ISO 639 6
mni
orm
Glottocode
mani1292
nucl1736
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-