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Meithei and Oriya


Oriya and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
India   

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   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Bengali and Assamese   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
42   
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
15   
5
31   
21

Scripts
Bengali   
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)   

Please
Chanbiduna   
Not Available   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)   

Bye
Chatcharage   
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Baleswari   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
India   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Ganjami   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
India   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Kosli   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
India   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
520,000.00   
21

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
33.00 million   
34

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.50 %   
29

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
33.00 million   
28

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)   

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia   

French Name
Meithei   
oriya   

German Name
Meithei   
Oriya-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈoɽia]   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Odias   

History

Origin
1700   
3 BC   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Standard Odia   

Language Position
Not Available   
32   
26

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
or   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
ori   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
ori   

ISO 639 3
mni   
ori   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
macr1269   

Linguasphere
omp   
No data available   

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

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Meithei and Oriya Speaking population

Meithei and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Meithei vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Oriya Language Codes

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

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