Countries
India, Manipur
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Botswana, Lesotho
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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
-
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2753
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
610
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1543
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Molo
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Unjani
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Molo
Please
Chanbiduna
Ndicela
Sorry
Saobiganu
Ndicela uxolo
Bye
Chatcharage
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Loi
Gcaleka
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Thembu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
How Many People Speak
273,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0019.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
69
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million8.20 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
French Name
Meithei
xhosa
German Name
Meithei
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
1700
16th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
isiXhosa
Language Position
3821
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Xhosa
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
xh
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
xho
ISO 639 2/B
mni
xho
ISO 639 3
mni
xho
ISO 639 6
mni
xho
Glottocode
mani1292
xhos1239
Linguasphere
omp
99-AUT-fa
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-