Countries
India, Manipur
  
Assam, India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Assam, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bodo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Not Available
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Not Available
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Nungni khabora ma?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
अननानै (Onnanwi)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Not Available
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Assam, India, Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
0.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
बड़ो (boṛo)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
  
French Name
Meithei
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[bɔɽo]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
  
Origin
1700
  
1913
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
brx
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
bodo1269
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
Not Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Meithei and Bodo Speaking population
Meithei and Bodo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Bodo languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Bodo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bodo language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Meithei and Bodo on Meithei vs Bodo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Bodo Language Codes
Meithei and Bodo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Bodo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.