Countries
India, Manipur
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Lettish
  
French Name
Meithei
  
letton
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
1700
  
1530
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Latvian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Meithei and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Latvian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Latvian Difficulty
The Meithei vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.