Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
India, Pakistan
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
- 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Hach ch'i
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Not Available
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Khuda hāfiz
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Kashtawari
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Poguli
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Rambani
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.42 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
kashmiri
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Kaschmiri
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
12th Century
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Kashmiri
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ks
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kas
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
kas
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
kas
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
kash1277
  
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