Countries
India, Manipur
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Wales
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
-
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1521
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Helô
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Diolch
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Nos da
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
P'nawn da
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Bore da
Please
Chanbiduna
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
Saobiganu
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
Chatcharage
Hwyl
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Loi
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Argentina
How Many People Speak
5,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
273,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Powys
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million7.40 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.70 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Cymraeg
French Name
Meithei
gallois
German Name
Meithei
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Welsh people
Origin
1700
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Welsh
Language Position
3831
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
cym
ISO 639 2/B
mni
wel
ISO 639 3
mni
cym
ISO 639 6
mni
cym
Glottocode
mani1292
wels1247
Linguasphere
omp
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional