Countries
India, Manipur
  
Fiji, India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Central Hindi Directorate
  
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.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Urdu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hindi.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
नमस्ते (Namastē)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
खेद (Khēda)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
अलविदा (Alavidā)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Khariboli
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
  
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Marwari
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
  
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Bundeli
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Bundelkhand
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
20,000,000.00
  
4
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
380.00 million
  
5
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
260.00 million
  
4
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
120.00 million
  
6
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
हिन्दी
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
  
French Name
Meithei
  
hindi
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Hindi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Hindustani people
  
Origin
1700
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Standard Hindi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
hi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
hin
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
hin
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
hin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
hins
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
hind1269
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
59-AAF-qf
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic