Countries
India, Nepal
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
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Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4827
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
126
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3615
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Khurumjari
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Nongale haugatl
Please
कृपया
Chanbiduna
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Saobiganu
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Chatcharage
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Doteli
Loi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
790,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Pangal
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
126
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
30.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.25 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
25.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
5.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
népalais
Meithei
German Name
Nepali
Meithei
Pronunciation
[neˈpali]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Meithei people
Origin
19 BC
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Meithei
Language Position
5938
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
nep
mni
ISO 639 2/B
nep
mni
ISO 639 3
npi
mni
ISO 639 6
nep
mni
Glottocode
nepa1254
mani1292
Linguasphere
12
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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