1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Manipur
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
North Korea, South Korea
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
The National Institute of the Korean Language
1.8 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Chinese and Japanese languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Khurumjari
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
3.8 Please
Chanbiduna
하십시오 (hasibsio)
3.9 Sorry
Saobiganu
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
3.10 Bye
Chatcharage
안녕 (annyeong)
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
South Korea
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.0010,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, North Korea
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million77.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Koreanic Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative