Countries
India, Manipur
Sri Lanka
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Sri Lanka
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
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.
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Maldivian Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2754
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
618
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1536
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Sinhala alphabet
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
හලෝ (halō)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
Please
Chanbiduna
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
Sorry
Saobiganu
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
Bye
Chatcharage
බායි (bāyi)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
Dialect 1
Loi
Vedda
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Sri Lanka
How Many People Speak
5,000.0019,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Sri Lankan Sinhala
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
-
How Many People Speak
273,000.0019,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Up-Country Sinhalese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0016,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
61
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
1.50 million16.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.25 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million16.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
සිංහල (sĩhala)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
French Name
Meithei
singhalais
German Name
Meithei
Singhalesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈsiŋhəliːz]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Sinhalese people
Origin
1700
3
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Sinhalese Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Sinhalese
Language Position
3870
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Sinhalese
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
si
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
sin
ISO 639 2/B
mni
sin
ISO 639 3
mni
sin
ISO 639 6
mni
sin
Glottocode
mani1292
sinh1246
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional