Countries
India, Manipur
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
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.
  
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Kartli
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
4.30 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
Meithei
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Georgians
  
Origin
1700
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Modern Georgian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic