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Meithei and Mongolian


Mongolian and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
China, Mongolia  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

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.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
13  
10

How Many Consonants
15  
5
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
Chanbiduna  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Chatcharage  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
32
123,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Mongolia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
5.70 million  
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  
Not Available  

French Name
Meithei  
mongol  

German Name
Meithei  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1700  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Mongolian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
mon  

ISO 639 3
mni  
mon  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mani1292  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
omp  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Meithei and Mongolian 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 Mongolian dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Mongolian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Mongolian Dialects are spoken in different Mongolian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Mongolian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian , Ordos Mongolian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Meithei and Mongolian Speaking population

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

Meithei and Mongolian Language Codes

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

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