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
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Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
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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
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic 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 Amharic and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Meithei language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Meithei Difficulty
The Amharic vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic 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 Amharic and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.