Countries
Wales
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
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Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- 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
English Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
British Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2927
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2115
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Khurumjari
Thank You
Diolch
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Nos da
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Bore da
Nongale haugatl
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Saobiganu
Bye
Hwyl
Chatcharage
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Loi
Where They Speak
Argentina
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
38,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Pangal
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
700,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Powys
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
700,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
86
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.40 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.24 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
gallois
Meithei
German Name
Kymrisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Meithei people
Origin
9th Century
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Celtic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Brythonic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
No early forms
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Meithei
Language Position
3138
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
cy
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
mni
ISO 639 2/B
wel
mni
ISO 639 3
cym
mni
ISO 639 6
cym
mni
Glottocode
wels1247
mani1292
Linguasphere
50-ABA
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
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Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
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