ꯃꯩꯇꯩꯂꯣꯟ

Meitei

Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman)

FamilySino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) Speakers~1.7M ScriptMeitei Mayek (revived 2005) / Bengali script CountriesIndia (Manipur), Bangladesh, Myanmar Official inIndia (8th Schedule) Vitalitysafe ISO 639-3mni

Meitei (Manipuri) is the official language of Manipur and a constitutionally recognized Indian language. The indigenous Meitei Mayek script was revived in 2005 after centuries of using Bengali-Assamese script.

Where it is spoken

20 core words in Meitei

Water

ꯏꯁꯤꯡ

/isiŋ/

Fire

ꯃꯩ

/mei/

Sun

ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ

/numit/

Moon

ꯊꯥ

/tʰaː/

Mother

ꯏꯃꯥ

/ima/

Father

ꯏꯄꯥ

/ipa/

Eat

ꯆꯥꯕ

/tʃaːba/

Drink

ꯊꯛꯄ

/tʰakpa/

Love

ꯅꯨꯡꯁꯤꯕ

/nuŋsiba/

Heart

ꯊꯃꯣꯏ

/tʰamoi/

Tree

ꯐꯨꯂꯥꯡ

/pʰulaŋ/

House

ꯌꯨꯝ

/jum/

Dog

ꯍꯨꯏ

/hui/

Cat

ꯍꯧꯗꯣꯡ

/houdoŋ/

Hand

ꯈꯨꯠ

/kʰut/

Eye

ꯃꯤꯠ

/mit/

Hello

ꯈꯨꯔꯨꯝꯖꯔꯤ

/kʰuɾumdʒaɾi/

Thank you

ꯊꯥꯒꯠꯆꯔꯤ

/tʰaːɡattʃaɾi/

One

ꯑꯃ

/ama/

Good

ꯐꯕ

/pʰaba/

Words compared

Compared with related Sino-Tibetan (Tibeto-Burman) languages

Meaning MeiteiMizoHakha ChinTangkhul NagaThulungSikkimeseNorth Moluccan Malay
Water ꯏꯁꯤꯡ /isiŋ/ tui /tui/ ti /ti/ ze /ze/ भु /bʱu/ ཆུ /tɕʰu/ aer /aer/
Fire ꯃꯩ /mei/ mei /mei/ mei /mei/ mei /mei/ मे /me/ མེ /me/ api /api/
Sun ꯅꯨꯃꯤꯠ /numit/ ni /ni/ ni /ni/ nyithui /ɲitʰui/ नाम /nam/ ཉི་མ /ɲima/ matahari /matahari/
Moon ꯊꯥ /tʰaː/ thla /tʰla/ thla /tʰla/ lai /lai/ लामी /lami/ ཟླ་བ /dawa/ bulan /bulan/
Mother ꯏꯃꯥ /ima/ nu /nu/ nu /nu/ ina /ina/ मामा /mama/ ཨ་མ /ama/ mama /mama/
Father ꯏꯄꯥ /ipa/ pa /pa/ pa /pa/ apa /apa/ पापा /papa/ ཨ་པ /apa/ papa /papa/
Eat ꯆꯥꯕ /tʃaːba/ ei /ei/ ei /ei/ ngui /ŋui/ च- /tʃa/ /za/ makang /makaŋ/
Drink ꯊꯛꯄ /tʰakpa/ in /in/ din /din/ rai /rai/ तुङ- /tʰuŋ/ འཐུང /tʰuŋ/ minong /minoŋ/
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