Countries
India, Manipur
India
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Munda Language
Alphabets in
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Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Khurumjari
Henda ho
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
संध्यायान
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Boge Setak’
Please
Chanbiduna
দয়া করে
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
India
Dialect 2
Pangal
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
-
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
Meithei
santal
German Name
Meithei
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Santali
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
Glottocode
mani1292
sant1410
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Meithei and Santali Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Meithei and Santali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Santali language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Santali word for "Thank You" is Adi Johar. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Santali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Santali Difficulty
The Meithei vs Santali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Santali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Meithei and Santali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Santali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Santali time required is 44 weeks.