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Meithei
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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

India, Manipur

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

1
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

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

27
Rank: 9 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

6
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

15
Rank: 5 (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Bengali

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

3
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cebuano
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)
Macedonian
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)
Dzongkha
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)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

6
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

1.50 million
Rank: 84 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

1.50 million
Rank: 79 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Finnish
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)
Chinese
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

Origin of Meithei language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Meithei language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Meithei language states that it was put to use in 1700. The history of Meithei language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Meithei Language History. Meithei has no early forms. Standard Meithei is the standard form of Meithei language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Meithei Language.

Meithei population

Meithei population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Meithei language. Meithei language is spoken by 1.50 million people in the world. Most of the Meithei population lies in the Meithei Speaking Countries. Meithei language is spoken as first language by 1.50 million people and no total count of people speaking Meithei as second language. Get to know Meithei speaking population in detail.

Meithei writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Meithei writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Meithei language. Some languages share common writing systems. Bengali script is used by Meithei language. Learn more about . 

Information about Meithei language

Check out all the information about Meithei language here. You may find it interesting to learn Meithei Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Meithei Speaking Countries, Meithei speaking continents and Meithei Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Meithei countries knowing common Meithei Greetings will help you in communicating with Meithei people.