Countries
India, Manipur
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
متشکرم
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
شب بخیر
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
صبح به خیر
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
من شما را دوست دارم
Dialect 1
Loi
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Iran, Iraq
Dialect 2
Pangal
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
فارسی
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
Meithei
persan
German Name
Meithei
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Persian people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Persian
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Persian Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
fa
Glottocode
mani1292
fars1254
Linguasphere
omp
58-AAC-c
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
Meithei and Persian Speaking population
Meithei and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Meithei vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Persian Language Codes
Meithei and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.