Countries
India, Manipur
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
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 in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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!
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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