Countries
India, Manipur
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
104.00 million
  
15
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Bihari
  
French Name
Meithei
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1700
  
12th Century CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Meithei and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Urdu language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Urdu Difficulty
The Meithei vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.