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.
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Kannada Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2751
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
616
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1535
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Namaskara
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Mast Upakara.
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Yencha Ullar?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
yedde rathre
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
yedde baiyya
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
yedde madhyana
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
yedde kaande
Please
Chanbiduna
Daya maltadu
Sorry
Saobiganu
Yenna thapu aandu
Bye
Chatcharage
Barpe
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Kshamisi
Dialect 1
Loi
Brahmin tulu
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
5,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Jain
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
273,000.001,900,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Girijan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.002.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million1.70 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million1.70 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Tulu
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
French Name
Meithei
-
German Name
Meithei
Tulu
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈtulu]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Tuluva
Origin
1700
14
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Tulu
Language Position
3823
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Tulu
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
tcy
ISO 639 2/B
mni
tul
ISO 639 3
mni
tcy
ISO 639 6
mni
tcy
Glottocode
mani1292
tulu1258
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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