Countries
India, Manipur
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2721
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1519
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Bwakeye
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Urakoze
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Mwaramutse
Please
Chanbiduna
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Saobiganu
Ndasubiza
Bye
Chatcharage
N’agasaga
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ndi waramutse
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Ndasaba
Dialect 1
Loi
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
5,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Ha
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
273,000.00990,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Shubi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00153,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million8.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million8.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Rundi, Urundi
French Name
Meithei
rundi
German Name
Meithei
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[kɪˈrʊndi]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
Origin
1700
1500
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Kirundi
Language Position
3886
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Kirundi Sign Language
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
run
ISO 639 2/B
mni
run
ISO 639 3
mni
run
ISO 639 6
mni
run
Glottocode
mani1292
rund1242
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
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-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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