Countries
India, Manipur
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2730
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1521
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Henda ho
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Boge Setak’
Please
Chanbiduna
দয়া করে
Sorry
Saobiganu
দুঃখিত
Bye
Chatcharage
Hariau
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Loi
Mahali
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
India
How Many People Speak
5,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
-
How Many People Speak
273,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million6.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million6.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
Meithei
santal
German Name
Meithei
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1700
20th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Santali
Language Position
3841
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
sat
ISO 639 2/B
mni
sat
ISO 639 3
mni
sat
ISO 639 6
mni
sat
Glottocode
mani1292
sant1410
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-