Countries
India, Manipur
India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
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.
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Old German Language
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2752
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1536
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks20 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
शुभः सायंकालः
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
शुभ दुपार
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Please
Chanbiduna
कृपया (kripayā)
Sorry
Saobiganu
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Bye
Chatcharage
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Dialect 1
Loi
Not present
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
-
How Many People Speak
5,000.00140,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
-
How Many People Speak
273,000.00140,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
60
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million14.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million14.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million-
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
French Name
Meithei
sanskrit
German Name
Meithei
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Sanskrit speakers
Origin
1700
2000 B.C.
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Vedic Sanskrit
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Sanskrit
Language Position
3823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
-
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
san
ISO 639 2/B
mni
san
ISO 639 3
mni
san
ISO 639 6
mni
san
Glottocode
mani1292
sans1269
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Ancient
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic