Countries
India, Manipur
India
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Munda Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
Khurumjari
Henda ho
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
Not Available
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Not Available
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Boge Setak’
Please
Chanbiduna
Not Available
Sorry
Saobiganu
Not Available
Bye
Chatcharage
Not Available
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Not Available
Excuse Me
Not Available
Not Available
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Pangal
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Not Available
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
Meithei
santal
German Name
Meithei
Santali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Santali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mani1292
sant1410
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Meithei and Santali Speaking population
Meithei and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali 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 Santali on Meithei vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Santali Language Codes
Meithei and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.