1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Manipur
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Iran
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Kurdish and Persian
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Bengali
Perso-Arabic script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
mana bebahgsh
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
chone tao?
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
jawáin shap
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
jawáin begáh
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
jawáin sawáh
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Saobiganu
bebaksh / bebagsh
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Tu mana doost biyeh
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
mana bebahgsh
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.001,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Southern Balochi
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.003,400,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million7.60 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million7.60 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Baluchi
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available