Countries
India, Manipur
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Pakistan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Oceania
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
India
Regulated By
-
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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.
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Derived From
-
Ghaznavid Persian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2752
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1540
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Arabic
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
خوش آمديد
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
آپ کا شکریہ
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
گڈ نائٹ
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
سلام علیکم
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
گڈ آفٹر نون
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
گڈ مارننگ
Please
Chanbiduna
براہ مہربانی
Sorry
Saobiganu
معاف کرنا
Bye
Chatcharage
الوداع
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
مجھے تم سے محبت
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
معاف کیجئے گا
Dialect 1
Loi
Dakhini
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
India
How Many People Speak
5,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Hyderabadi Urdu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
India
How Many People Speak
273,000.0069,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Rekhta
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
South Asia
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0069,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million104.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.99 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million61.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million43.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
اُردُو
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bihari
French Name
Meithei
ourdou
German Name
Meithei
Urdu
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈʊrd̪u]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Urdu-speaking people
Origin
1700
12th Century CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Standard Urdu
Language Position
3820
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Urdu
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ur
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
urd
ISO 639 2/B
mni
urd
ISO 639 3
mni
urd
ISO 639 6
mni
urd
Glottocode
mani1292
urdu1245
Linguasphere
omp
59-AAF-q
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional