Countries
India, Manipur
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
Meithei
  
marathe
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1700
  
10th 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
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Marathi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available