Countries
India, Manipur
Georgia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages
Derived From
-
Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1528
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Chanbiduna
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Saobiganu
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
Chatcharage
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Loi
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
How Many People Speak
5,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Kartli
How Many People Speak
273,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.004,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
620
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.50 million4.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.64 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.50 million4.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
Meithei
géorgien
German Name
Meithei
Georgisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Georgians
Origin
1700
5th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Southern
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Georgian
Language Position
38120
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Georgian Sign Language
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
ka
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
kat
ISO 639 2/B
mni
geo
ISO 639 3
mni
kat
ISO 639 6
mni
kat
Glottocode
mani1292
nucl1302
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic