Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
India, Manipur
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
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Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
- 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
Amharic and Hebrew
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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Thank You
شكرا
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
تصبح على خير
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
مساء الخير
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Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
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Good Morning
صباح الخير
Nongale haugatl
Please
من فضلك
Chanbiduna
I Love You
أحبك
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
اعذرني
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Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Sudanese
Pangal
Where They Speak
Sudan
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Levantine
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
arabe
Meithei
German Name
Arabisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
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Ethnicity
Arabs
Meithei people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
North Arabic
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
Standard Meithei
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
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Scope
Macrolanguage
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ISO 639 1
ar
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
arab1395
mani1292
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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Arabic and Meithei Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Meithei language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Meithei Difficulty
The Arabic vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Meithei Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.