Countries
Myanmar
India, Manipur
National Language
Myanmar
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Mon
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as 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
Thai Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Pali Language
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Khurumjari
Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Not Available
Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Not Available
Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Nongale haugatl
Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Saobiganu
Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
Chatcharage
I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Burma, Laos
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Intha
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Burma
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
birman
Meithei
German Name
Birmanisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Bamar people
Meithei people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
All Burmese 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 Burmese and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Burmese and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Burmese are spoken in different Burmese Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Burmese vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Burmese dialects include: Arakanese, Tavoyan. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Burmese and Meithei Speaking population
Burmese and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Burmese and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Burmese and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 % 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 Burmese and Meithei on Burmese vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Burmese and Meithei Language Codes
Burmese and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Burmese and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.