1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Manipur
China, Mongolia
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, Mongolia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
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.
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Turkish Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
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
Bengali
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Khurumjari
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
3.8 Please
Chanbiduna
Хэрэв (Kherev)
3.9 Sorry
Saobiganu
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
3.10 Bye
Chatcharage
Баяртай (Bayartai)
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
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
Mongolia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.00123,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Khorchin Mongolian
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Mongolia
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 million5.70 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million5.70 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Mongolic family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Mongolian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
Not Available
Macrolanguage
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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