Countries
India, Manipur
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
-
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2752
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1541
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
nomoskaar
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
subhoraattri
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
subha abeli
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
suprobhaat
Please
Chanbiduna
anugroha kori
Sorry
Saobiganu
moi ḍukkhita
Bye
Chatcharage
biḍai
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
kyoma koribo
Dialect 1
Loi
Kamrupi
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
5,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
273,000.0016,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Assam
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million15.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.24 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million15.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
Meithei
assamais
German Name
Meithei
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Assamese people
Origin
1700
7th century A.D
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Assamese
Language Position
3865
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Assamese
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
as
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
asm
ISO 639 2/B
mni
asm
ISO 639 3
mni
asm
ISO 639 6
mni
asm
Glottocode
mani1292
assa1263
Linguasphere
omp
59-AAF-w
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-