Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- 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
Not Available
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Selam
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
tschao
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
Not Available
  
Native Name
Not Available
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
amharique
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
13th century
  
1700
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Meithei Speaking population
Amharic and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Meithei on Amharic vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Amharic and Meithei Language Codes
Amharic and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Amharic and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.