Countries
India, Manipur
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Latvia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1524
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Sveiki
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Paldies
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Labdien
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Labrīt
Please
Chanbiduna
lūdzu
Sorry
Saobiganu
Piedodiet!
Bye
Chatcharage
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Loi
Livonian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Latvia
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Latvia
How Many People Speak
273,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Lettish
French Name
Meithei
letton
German Name
Meithei
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1700
1530
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Latvian
Language Position
389
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
lav
ISO 639 2/B
mni
lav
ISO 639 3
mni
lav
ISO 639 6
mni
lav
Glottocode
mani1292
latv1249
Linguasphere
omp
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic