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Mongolian and Meithei


Meithei and Mongolian


Countries

Countries
China, Mongolia   
India, Manipur   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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

Alphabets in
Mongolian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
35   
17
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
13   
10
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
15   
5

Scripts
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khalkha Mongolian   
Loi   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Ordos Mongolian   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
123,000.00   
34
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Khorchin Mongolian   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
Mongolia   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,250,000.00   
19

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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All Mongolian and Meithei Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Mongolian and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Mongolian and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Mongolian are spoken in different Mongolian Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Mongolian vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Mongolian dialects include: Khalkha Mongolian, Ordos Mongolian. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Mongolian and Meithei Speaking population

Mongolian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mongolian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Mongolian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mongolian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Mongolian and Meithei on Mongolian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mongolian and Meithei Language Codes

Mongolian and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Mongolian and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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