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
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Pan South African Language Board
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.
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Xhosa Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2757
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1550
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Sawubona
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Ngiyabonga
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
unjani
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
okuhle ebusuku
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
okuhle kusihlwa
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
okuhle ntambama
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
okuhle ekuseni
Please
Chanbiduna
Ngiyacela
Sorry
Saobiganu
Ngiyaxolisa
Bye
Chatcharage
bye
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ngiyakuthanda wena
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Uxolo
Dialect 1
Loi
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
5,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
273,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
isiZulu
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Isizulu, Zunda
French Name
Meithei
zoulou
German Name
Meithei
Zulu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[zuːlu]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Zulu people
Origin
1700
19
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Beatu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
urban Zulu
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Deep Zulu
Language Position
3887
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Zulu Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
zul
ISO 639 2/B
mni
zul
ISO 639 3
mni
zul
ISO 639 6
mni
zul
Glottocode
mani1292
zulu1248
Linguasphere
omp
99-AUT-fg
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-