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Mongolian and Meithei


Meithei and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
China, Mongolia  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Turkish Language  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
35  
17
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13  
10
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
15  
5

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  
Saobiganu  

Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
123,000.00  
99+
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Mongolia  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
5,700,000.00  
35
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.70 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.70 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
mongol  
Meithei  

German Name
Mongolisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Mongols  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
1224-1225  
1700  

Language Family
Mongolic family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Mongolian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
26  
24
38  
35

Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
mn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mon  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
mon  
mni  

ISO 639 3
mon  
mni  

ISO 639 6
mon  
mni  

Glottocode
mong1331  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Mongolian and Meithei Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Mongolian and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Meithei Speaking population

Mongolian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Mongolian and Meithei on Mongolian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Meithei Language Codes

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