Countries
India, Manipur
Laos
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Laos, Northeastern Thailand
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- There is no space left between words, only between phrases or sentences in Lao language.
- The Lao alphabets has been reformed many times over the past 50 years.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali, Sanskrit and Old Khmer Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2753
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
628
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1527
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Thai and Lao Braille
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
ສະບາຍດີ (sába̖ai-di̖i)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ຂອບໃຈ (khàwp ja̖i)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
ສະບາຍດີບ (sába̖ai-di̖i baw?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ໃນຕອນກາງຄືນ ທີ່ດີ (naitonkangkhun thidi)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
ສະບາຍດີຕອນແລງ (sa bai di ton aelng)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
ສະບາຍດີຕອນສວາຍ (sa bai di ton suaai)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
ສະບາຍດີຕອນເຊົ້າ (sa bai di ton sao)
Please
Chanbiduna
ກະລຸນາ (kaluna)
Sorry
Saobiganu
ຂໍອະໄພ (khooaphai)
Bye
Chatcharage
Sôhk dii der
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ຂ້ອຍຮັກເຈົ້າ (khony hak chao)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
ຂໍໂທດ (kho othd)
Dialect 1
Loi
Vientiane Lao
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Laos
How Many People Speak
5,000.003,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Northern Lao
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Laos
How Many People Speak
273,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Central Lao
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Laos
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.22 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ພາສາລາວ (pháasaa láo)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Eastern Thai, Lào, Lao Kao, Lao Wiang, Lao-Lum, Lao-Noi, Lao-Tai, Laotian, Laotian Tai, Lum Lao, Phou Lao, Rong Kong, Tai Lao
French Name
Meithei
lao
German Name
Meithei
Laotisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
pʰáːsǎː láːw
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Lao people
Origin
1700
1283 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Lao
Language Position
3843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Lao Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
lao
ISO 639 2/B
mni
lao
ISO 639 3
mni
lao
ISO 639 6
mni
lao
Glottocode
mani1292
laoo1244
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Isolating