Countries
India, Manipur
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
10
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2743
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1534
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
Chanbiduna
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
Saobiganu
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Chatcharage
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Loi
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
5,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
273,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
613
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
Meithei
bhojpuri
German Name
Meithei
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Bhojpuri speakers
Origin
1700
19th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Bhojpuri
Language Position
3837
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
bho
ISO 639 2/B
mni
bho
ISO 639 3
mni
bho
ISO 639 6
mni
bho
Glottocode
mani1292
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
omp
59-AAF-sa
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-