1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Manipur
India, No official status
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
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
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Maithili and Magahi
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit 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
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Khurumjari
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
राम राम (raam raam)
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
राम राम (raam raam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
राम राम (raam raam)
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
राम राम (raam raam)
3.8 Please
Chanbiduna
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
3.9 Sorry
Saobiganu
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
3.10 Bye
Chatcharage
प्रणाम (prannam)
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.00380,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Tharu Bhojpuri
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million40.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million40.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
Not Available
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
Standard Meithei
Bhojpuri
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