Countries
India, Nepal
India, Manipur
National Language
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
Khurumjari
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Not Available
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
Not Available
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Nongale haugatl
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Saobiganu
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Chatcharage
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Not Available
Where They Speak
Nepal
Burma, Laos
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Pangal
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
népalais
Meithei
German Name
Nepali
Meithei
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Meithei people
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Meithei
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Not Available
ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nepa1254
mani1292
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali 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 Nepali and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Meithei Speaking population
Nepali and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Meithei on Nepali vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Meithei Language Codes
Nepali and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.