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Meithei and Malayalam


Malayalam and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry   

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   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   

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.
  
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
15   
12

How Many Consonants
15   
5
41   
30

Scripts
Bengali   
Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
ഹലോ (halēā)   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
നന്ദി (nandi)   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
രാവിലെ (rāvile)   

Please
Chanbiduna   
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)   

Bye
Chatcharage   
വിട (viṭa)   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Judeo-Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Israel, kerala   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Mappila   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
India   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Pandy Malayalam   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
France, kerala   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
38.00 million   
33

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.57 %   
27

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
38.00 million   
26

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla   

French Name
Meithei   
malayalam   

German Name
Meithei   
Malayalam   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Malayali   

History

Origin
1700   
9th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Dravidian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early form   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Malayalam   

Language Position
Not Available   
29   
24

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ml   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
mal   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
mal   

ISO 639 3
mni   
mal   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
mala1464   

Linguasphere
omp   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Meithei and Malayalam Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Meithei and Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Meithei and Malayalam Speaking population

Meithei and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Meithei vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Malayalam Language Codes

Meithei and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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