Countries
India, Manipur
Georgia
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Not Available
Cabinet of Georgia
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.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
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Derived From
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Anatolian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali
Arabic, Georgian script
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Khurumjari
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
Good Evening
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საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
Good Afternoon
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დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
Please
Chanbiduna
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
Sorry
Saobiganu
ბოდიში (bodishi)
Bye
Chatcharage
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
Excuse Me
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უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
Dialect 1
Loi
Judaeo-Georgian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
Dialect 2
Pangal
Kartlian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Kartli
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Pshavian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Pshavi
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ქართული ენა
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
French Name
Meithei
géorgien
German Name
Meithei
Georgisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Georgians
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Kartvelian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Southern
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Georgian
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Not Available
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ISO 639 1
No data available
ka
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mani1292
nucl1302
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Meithei and Georgian 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 Georgian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Georgian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Georgian word for "Thank You" is გმადლობთ (gmadlobt). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Georgian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Georgian Difficulty
The Meithei vs Georgian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Georgian 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 Georgian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Georgian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Georgian time required is 44 weeks.
