Countries
Countries
Myanmar
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
1
14
1
14
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
Alphabets in
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Alphabets
33
15
27
9
Phonology
How Many Vowels
12
9
6
3
How Many Consonants
33
23
15
5
Scripts
Tangut
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
3
2
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
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
Dialects
Dialect 1
Arakanese
Loi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
24
5,000.00
99+
Dialect 2
Tavoyan
Pangal
Where They Speak
Myanmar
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
440,000.00
30
273,000.00
32
Dialect 3
Intha
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Burma
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
90,000.00
30
1,250,000.00
19
Total No. Of Dialects
5
5
6
6
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
43.00 million
30
1.50 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.50 %
29
Not Available
Native Speakers
33.00 million
28
1.50 million
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
23
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
History
Origin
1113 AD
1700
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Burmese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
43
32
Not Available
Signed Forms
Burmese sign language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
Code
ISO 639 1
my
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mya
mni
ISO 639 2/B
bur
mni
ISO 639 3
mya
mni
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
sout3159
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
Not Available
