Countries
India, Pakistan
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Pakistan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Pakistan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
India
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
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Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
5227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
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How Many Consonants
4015
9
60
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Scripts
Arabic
Bengali
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
خوش آمديد
Khurumjari
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
Nongale haugatl
Please
براہ مہربانی
Chanbiduna
Sorry
معاف کرنا
Saobiganu
Bye
الوداع
Chatcharage
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Dakhini
Loi
Where They Speak
India
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
Pangal
Where They Speak
India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Rekhta
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
South Asia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
69,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
104.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.99 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
61.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
اُردُو
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Bihari
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
ourdou
Meithei
German Name
Urdu
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Urdu-speaking people
Meithei people
Origin
12th Century CE
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2038
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ur
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
urd
mni
ISO 639 2/B
urd
mni
ISO 639 3
urd
mni
ISO 639 6
urd
mni
Glottocode
urdu1245
mani1292
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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