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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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