Countries
India, Manipur
  
India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
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
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
15.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
Meithei
  
assamais
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
1700
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Assamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Meithei and Assamese 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 Assamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Assamese language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Assamese word for "Thank You" is ḍhonyobaaḍ. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Assamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Assamese Difficulty
The Meithei vs Assamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Assamese 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 Assamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Assamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Assamese time required is Not Available.