Countries
India, Manipur
European Union, Lithuania
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Lithuania
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
Poland
Regulated By
-
Commission of the Lithuanian Language
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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Latvian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2732
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1520
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
Ačiū
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kaip sekasi?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Labanakt
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Labas vakaras
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Laba diena
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Labas rytas
Please
Chanbiduna
Prašom
Sorry
Saobiganu
atsiprašau
Bye
Chatcharage
Ate
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Aš myliu tave
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Atsiprašau
Dialect 1
Loi
Samogitian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
5,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Aukštaitian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
273,000.003,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Curonian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Lithuania
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
610
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million3.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
lietuvių kalba
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
French Name
Meithei
lituanien
German Name
Meithei
Litauisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Lithuanians
Origin
1700
c. 1503
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
Baltic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Lithuanian
Language Position
3844
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Lithuanian Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
lt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
lit
ISO 639 2/B
mni
lit
ISO 639 3
mni
lit
ISO 639 6
mni
lit
Glottocode
mani1292
lith1251
Linguasphere
omp
54-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic