Countries
India, Manipur
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
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
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
South Korea
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
Meithei
  
coréen
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Koreans
  
Origin
1700
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative