Countries
China, Mongolia
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
China, Mongolia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Turkish Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Сайн уу (Sain uu)
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Хэрэв (Kherev)
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Баяртай (Bayartai)
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Mongolia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
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How Many People Speak?
5.70 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.70 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
mongol
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Mongolisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
1224-1225
  
1700
  
Language Family
Mongolic family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Mongolian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Mongolian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
mn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mon
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
mon
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
mon
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mong1331
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
part of 44-BAA-b
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available