Countries
India, Manipur
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Nigeria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Yoruba 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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1517
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
e dupe
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
e kaasan
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
e kaaro
Please
Chanbiduna
Jowo
Sorry
Saobiganu
binu
Bye
Chatcharage
bye
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Loi
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
5,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Ede
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
273,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
Meithei
yoruba
German Name
Meithei
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Yoruba people
Origin
1700
4 BC
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Yorùbá
Language Position
3849
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
yor
ISO 639 2/B
mni
yor
ISO 639 3
mni
yor
ISO 639 6
mni
yor
Glottocode
mani1292
yoru1245
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating