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Sanskrit and Meithei


Meithei and Sanskrit


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Manipur   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
  • 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
Old German Language   
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
6   
3

How Many Consonants
36   
26
15   
5

Scripts
Devanagari   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
20 weeks   
5
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   
Khurumjari   

Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   
Yamna nungaijare   

How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   

Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   
Athengba Ahing   

Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार   
Not Available   

Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   
Nongale haugatl   

Please
कृपया (kripayā)   
Chanbiduna   

Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
Saobiganu   

Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   
Chatcharage   

I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   
Eina nangbu nungsi   

Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Not present   
Loi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Not present   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Not present   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
0   
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
14.10 million   
99+
1.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
14.10 million   
99+
1.50 million   
99+

Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   
মৈইতৈইলোন   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   

French Name
sanskrit   
Meithei   

German Name
Sanskrit   
Meithei   

Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Meithei people   

History

Origin
2000 B.C.   
1700   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sanskrit   
Standard Meithei   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sa   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
san   
mni   

ISO 639 2/B
san   
mni   

ISO 639 3
san   
mni   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sans1269   
mani1292   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omp   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Ancient   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Sanskrit and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sanskrit are spoken in different Sanskrit Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sanskrit vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sanskrit and Meithei Speaking population

Sanskrit and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sanskrit and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Sanskrit and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sanskrit 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 Sanskrit and Meithei on Sanskrit vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sanskrit and Meithei Language Codes

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

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