Countries
India, Manipur
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
-
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2730
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1536
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Cyrillic
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
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Chanbiduna
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Saobiganu
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Chatcharage
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Loi
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
5,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
273,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
658
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million9.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Balgarski
French Name
Meithei
bulgare
German Name
Meithei
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Bulgarian people
Origin
1700
9th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
3888
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
bul
ISO 639 2/B
mni
bul
ISO 639 3
mni
bul
ISO 639 6
mni
buls
Glottocode
mani1292
bulg1262
Linguasphere
omp
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-