Countries
South Africa
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
- 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
5327
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
106
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
4315
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Molo
Khurumjari
Thank You
Ndiyabulela
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Unjani
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Ulale kakuhle
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Molo
Nongale haugatl
Please
Ndicela
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Ndicela uxolo
Saobiganu
Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Uxolo
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Gcaleka
Loi
Where They Speak
South Africa
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Thembu
Pangal
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
19,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hlubi
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
19.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
96
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.20 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
isiXhosa
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
xhosa
Meithei
German Name
Xhosa-Sprache
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈkǁʰɔ̀ːsa]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Meithei people
Origin
16th Century
1700
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Bantu
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
isiXhosa
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2138
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
xh
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
xho
mni
ISO 639 2/B
xho
mni
ISO 639 3
xho
mni
ISO 639 6
xho
mni
Glottocode
xhos1239
mani1292
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-