Countries
Benin, Nigeria
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Yoruba Academy
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
- 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
e dupe
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Kasun layọ o
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
ka a ale
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
e kaasan
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
e kaaro
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Jowo
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
binu
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
bye
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Itsekiri
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Burma, Laos
  
Dialect 2
Ede
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Benin, Togo
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Ulukwumi
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Yorùbá
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
yoruba
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Yoruba people
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
4 BC
  
1700
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Western Sudanic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Yorùbá
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
yo
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
yor
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
yor
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
yor
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
yoru1245
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
  
Not Available
  
Yoruba and Meithei 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 Yoruba and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Meithei language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Yoruba vs Meithei Difficulty
The Yoruba vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Meithei 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 Yoruba and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.