1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Manipur
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Bhojpuri Language
1.10 Derived From
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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
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
dhanyabad
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Śubharātri
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
shubh sandhya
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
dopahar ke bad namaskar
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Suprabhaat
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
North India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Deoghar, France
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million32.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million27.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Maithili
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
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6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
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
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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