Countries
India
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
India
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
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
- 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
Old German Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Prakrit Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
166
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
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
Khurumjari
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
Nongale haugatl
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
Saobiganu
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
Chatcharage
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Not present
Loi
Where They Speak
-
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
140,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Not present
Pangal
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
140,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Not present
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
140,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
06
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
14.10 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
14.10 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
-1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Saṃskṛtam, Sanskritam
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
sanskrit
Meithei
German Name
Sanskrit
Meithei
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Sanskrit speakers
Meithei people
Origin
2000 B.C.
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2338
1
120
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Signed Forms
-
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
sa
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
san
mni
ISO 639 2/B
san
mni
ISO 639 3
san
mni
ISO 639 6
san
mni
Glottocode
sans1269
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Ancient
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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