Countries
India, Manipur
  
Bulgaria, European Union
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Bulgaria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Europe
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
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.
  
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Macedonian language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Моля (Molja)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
български (bãlgarski)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Balgarski
  
French Name
Meithei
  
bulgare
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Bulgarisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1700
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Standard Bulgarian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available