Countries
India, Manipur
Japan
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Japan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Pacific
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Palau
Regulated By
-
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Korean Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2799
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1514
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Kana
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ありがとう (Arigatō)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
おはよう (Ohayō)
Please
Chanbiduna
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
Sorry
Saobiganu
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
Bye
Chatcharage
さようなら (Sayōnara)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
すみません (Sumimasen)
Dialect 1
Loi
Sanuki
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Kagawa
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Hakata
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Fukuoka
How Many People Speak
273,000.00127,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Kansai
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
kansai
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00127,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
631
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million128.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %1.90 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million128.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
日本語
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Nihongo
French Name
Meithei
japonais
German Name
Meithei
Japanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Japanese (Yamato)
Origin
1700
1185
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Japonic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Japanese
Language Position
388
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Japanese
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ja
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
jpn
ISO 639 2/B
mni
jpn
ISO 639 3
mni
jpn
ISO 639 6
mni
jpn
Glottocode
mani1292
nucl1643
Linguasphere
omp
45-CAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative, Synthetic