1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Manipur
Fiji, India
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Central Hindi Directorate
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.
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Urdu
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
नमस्ते (Namastē)
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
3.8 Please
Chanbiduna
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Chatcharage
अलविदा (Alavidā)
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.00240,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.0022,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bundelkhand
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0020,000,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million380.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million260.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
NA120.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
Hindustani people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Hindi
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Indian Signing System
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
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
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
Fusional, Synthetic