Countries
India, Manipur
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
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.
- Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
- Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
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Hello
Khurumjari
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Not Available
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Chanbiduna
Not Available
Sorry
Saobiganu
Not Available
Bye
Chatcharage
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Not available
Excuse Me
Not Available
Not available
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Sadz
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
Meithei
abkhaze
German Name
Meithei
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Meithei people
Abkhaz people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Abkhaz
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ab
ISO 639 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
mani1292
abkh1244
Linguasphere
omp
No data Available
Language Type
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Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
Meithei and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Meithei and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Abkhaz language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Meithei vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Meithei and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.