1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Bengali
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall) ▶
3
88
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Khurumjari
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
Chanbiduna
3.9 Sorry
Saobiganu
3.10 Bye
Chatcharage
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Loi
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.00
Rank: 50 (Overall) ▶
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Pangal
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.00
Rank: 32 (Overall) ▶
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Meithei proper
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
Rank: 19 (Overall) ▶
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
Rank: 84 (Overall) ▶
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.11
89
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million
Rank: 79 (Overall) ▶
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
Meithei
5.3.5 German Name
Meithei
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
1700
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
1
120
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mni
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mni
7.3 ISO 639 3
mni
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mani1292
7.6 Linguasphere
omp
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Not Available
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available