Countries
India, Nepal
India, Manipur
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
Not Available
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
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Not Available
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Not Available
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Nongale haugatl
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)
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Where They Speak
Nepal
Burma, Laos
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Pangal
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Meithei people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Meithei
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nepa1254
mani1292
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Nepali and Meithei 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 Nepali and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Meithei language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Meithei Difficulty
The Nepali vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali Alphabets and Meithei 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 Nepali and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.