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Meithei and Persian


Persian and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
3  
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
15  
5
23  
13

Scripts
Bengali  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
سلام  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Not Available  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Chanbiduna  
لطفا  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
متاسف  

Bye
Chatcharage  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
32
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
19
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
Meithei  
persan  

German Name
Meithei  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1700  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Persian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
per  

ISO 639 3
mni  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mani1292  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
omp  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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

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Meithei and Persian Speaking population

Meithei and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Meithei vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Persian Language Codes

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

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