Countries
Armenian Highland
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- 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
Greek
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
arménien
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available