Countries
India
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
India
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
NA
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
- 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
Bengali Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
બાય (Bāya)
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Kharwa
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not Available
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
50.00 million
  
22
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
goudjrati
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
15
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
gu
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
guj
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
guj
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
guj
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
guja1252
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available