Countries
India, Manipur
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1529
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Chanbiduna
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Saobiganu
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
Chatcharage
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Loi
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
5,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
273,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
621
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million50.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
Meithei
pachto
German Name
Meithei
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Pashtun
Origin
1700
1651
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
3882
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
pus
ISO 639 2/B
mni
pus
ISO 639 3
mni
pus
ISO 639 6
mni
pus
Glottocode
mani1292
pash1269
Linguasphere
omp
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional