Countries
India, Manipur
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Meithei
  
kurde
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Kurds
  
Origin
1700
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Kurdish
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
58-AAA-a
  
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 Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Kurdish language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Meithei vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.