Countries
India, Manipur
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
13
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Somalia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Yemen
Regulated By
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National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1521
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks52 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Hello
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Subax wanaagsan
Please
Chanbiduna
Fadlan
Sorry
Saobiganu
sorry
Bye
Chatcharage
caraysiiyo
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Loi
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Gabon, Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
5,000.0016,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Benaadir
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
How Many People Speak
273,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Standard Somali
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0021.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million13.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million8.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
Meithei
somali
German Name
Meithei
Somali
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[afsoomaali]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Somalis
Origin
1700
19th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Cushitic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Somali
Language Position
3883
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Somali Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
som
ISO 639 2/B
mni
som
ISO 639 3
mni
som
ISO 639 6
mni
som
Glottocode
mani1292
soma1255
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-