Countries
India, Manipur
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Russia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
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Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
-
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1521
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Chanbiduna
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Saobiganu
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
Chatcharage
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Loi
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
How Many People Speak
5,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Olonets
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Olonets
How Many People Speak
273,000.00154,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00154,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million276.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %2.33 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million166.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million110.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Русский
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Russki
French Name
Meithei
russe
German Name
Meithei
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Russians
Origin
1700
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Russian
Language Position
387
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Russian
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ru
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
rus
ISO 639 2/B
mni
rus
ISO 639 3
mni
rus
ISO 639 6
mni
rus
Glottocode
mani1292
russ1263
Linguasphere
omp
53-AAA-ea
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic