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Meithei and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Abkhazia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Adyghe language, Abaza language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
2  
1

How Many Consonants
15  
5
60  
36

Scripts
Bengali  
Cyrillic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  

Please
Chanbiduna  
Not Available  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
Not Available  

Bye
Chatcharage  
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
Not available  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Not available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Abkhazia  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Caucasus  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Sadz  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
19
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  
Abxazo, Abkhazian  

French Name
Meithei  
abkhaze  

German Name
Meithei  
Abchasisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Abkhaz people  

History

Origin
1700  
c. 1650  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Northwest Caucasian  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Abkhaz  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ab  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
abk  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
abk  

ISO 639 3
mni  
abk  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
abks  

Glottocode
mani1292  
abkh1244  

Linguasphere
omp  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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All Meithei and Abkhaz Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Meithei and Abkhaz dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Abkhaz language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Abkhaz Dialects are spoken in different Abkhaz speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Abkhaz Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb , Abzhywa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Meithei and Abkhaz Speaking population

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Meithei and Abkhaz Language Codes

Meithei and Abkhaz language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Abkhaz Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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