Countries
India, Manipur
  
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
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Chike
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
Meithei
  
konkani
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
1700
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Meithei and Konkani Speaking population
Meithei and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Meithei vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Konkani Language Codes
Meithei and Konkani language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Konkani Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.