Countries
India, Manipur
  
India
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
India
  
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
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
14.10 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Meithei
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1700
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Sanskrit
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Meithei and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Sanskrit language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Sanskrit word for "Thank You" is धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Sanskrit Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Sanskrit Difficulty
The Meithei vs Sanskrit difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Sanskrit, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Sanskrit time required is 20 weeks.