Countries
India, Manipur
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Sweden
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Finland
Speaking Continents
Asia
Antartica, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
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 Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Norwegian and Danish Language
Derived From
-
Old Norse Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1518
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
hej
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
tacka dig
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
hur mår du
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
godnatt
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
god kväll
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
god eftermiddag
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
god morgon
Please
Chanbiduna
vänligen
Sorry
Saobiganu
ledsen
Bye
Chatcharage
hej då
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
jag älskar dig
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
ursäkta mig
Dialect 1
Loi
Dialects
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Gabon
How Many People Speak
5,000.0078,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Dialects
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Georgia
How Many People Speak
273,000.0078,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Dialects
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
France
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0096,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
679
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million8.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Svenska
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Ruotsi, Svenska
French Name
Meithei
suédois
German Name
Meithei
Schwedisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Swedes, Finland Swedes
Origin
1700
13th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Germanic
Branch
-
Northern (Scandinavian)
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Swedish
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Swedish
Language Position
3889
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
swe
ISO 639 2/B
mni
swe
ISO 639 3
mni
swe
ISO 639 6
mni
swe
Glottocode
mani1292
swed1254
Linguasphere
omp
52-AAA-ck to -cw
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-