Countries
India, Manipur
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2737
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1546
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Mhoro
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Manheru
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Masikati
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Mangwanani
Please
Chanbiduna
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Saobiganu
Ndineurombo
Bye
Chatcharage
bye
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Loi
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
5,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Karanga
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
273,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0016.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million8.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
chiShona
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
Meithei
shona
German Name
Meithei
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Shona people
Origin
1700
20th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Shona
Language Position
38107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Shona
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
sna
ISO 639 2/B
mni
sna
ISO 639 3
mni
sna
ISO 639 6
mni
sna
Glottocode
mani1292
core1255
Linguasphere
omp
99-AUT-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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