Countries
India, Manipur
India
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
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
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Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Khurumjari
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Chanbiduna
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
Saobiganu
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Chatcharage
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Loi
Not present
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
-
Dialect 2
Pangal
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
-
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
Second Language Speakers
-
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
Meithei
sanskrit
German Name
Meithei
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Sanskrit speakers
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Sanskrit
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
sa
Glottocode
mani1292
sans1269
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
Meithei and Sanskrit Speaking population
Meithei and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is 0.01 %. 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 Sanskrit on Meithei vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Sanskrit Language Codes
Meithei and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.