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
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
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
  
Origin
1700
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
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.