Countries
India, Manipur
  
Sri Lanka
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Sri Lanka
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල)
  
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.
  
- In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
- Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Maldivian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sinhalese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Sinhala alphabet
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
හලෝ (halō)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
ඔබ කොහොමද (oba kohomada)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
සුභ රාත්රියක් (subha rātriyak)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
සුබ සැන්දෑවක් (suba sændǣvak)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
සුභ සන්ධ්යාවක් (subha sandhyāvak)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
සුභ උදෑසනක් (subha udǣsanak)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
කරුණාකර (karuṇākara)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
සමාවන්න (samāvanna)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
බායි (bāyi)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
මම ඔයාට ආදරෙයි (mama oyāṭa ādareyi)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
මට සමාවෙන්න (maṭa samāvenna)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Vedda
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Sri Lanka
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
16.00 million
  
39
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.00 million
  
34
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
සිංහල (sĩhala)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala
  
French Name
Meithei
  
singhalais
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Singhalesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Sinhalese people
  
Origin
1700
  
3
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Sinhalese Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Modern Sinhalese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
si
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
sin
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
sin
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
sin
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
sinh1246
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Meithei and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Sinhalese language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Sinhalese word for "Thank You" is ඔබට ස්තුතියි (obaṭa stutiyi). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Sinhalese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Sinhalese Difficulty
The Meithei vs Sinhalese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Sinhalese 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 Sinhalese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Sinhalese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Sinhalese time required is 44 weeks.