Countries
India, Manipur
  
China, Mongolia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
China, Mongolia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
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.
  
- Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
- There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Turkish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Ordos Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Mongolia
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Mongolia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
5.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Meithei
  
mongol
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Mongolisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1700
  
1224-1225
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Mongolic family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Mongolian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
mon
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
mon
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
mon
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
mong1331
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
part of 44-BAA-b
  
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 Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Mongolian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Mongolian Difficulty
The Meithei vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.