Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
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Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3427
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2415
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
akkam
Khurumjari
Thank You
Galatoomi
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
Nongale haugatl
Please
Maaloo
Chanbiduna
Sorry
naa dhiisi
Saobiganu
Bye
Nagayattii!
Chatcharage
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Borana
Loi
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Pangal
Where They Speak
Kenya
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
66,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Kenya
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
13,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
176
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
galla
Meithei
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Meithei people
Origin
16
1700
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Standard Meithei
Language Position
9138
1
120
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Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
-
ISO 639 1
om
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
mni
ISO 639 2/B
orm
mni
ISO 639 3
orm
mni
ISO 639 6
orm
mni
Glottocode
nucl1736
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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