Countries
India, Manipur
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Not Available
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Khurumjari
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Not Available
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Chanbiduna
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Saobiganu
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Chatcharage
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Not Available
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Loi
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Greece
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Italy
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
Meithei
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Meithei
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Greeks or Hellenes
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Greek
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
el
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
mani1292
gree1276
Linguasphere
omp
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Meithei and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Greek language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Greek Difficulty
The Meithei vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.
