Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
South Africa
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
- 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
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hello
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Thank you
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
How are you?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Good Night
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Good Evening
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Good Morning
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Please
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Sorry
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Bye
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
I love you
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
American English
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
United States of America
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00
  
3
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
15
Dialect 3
Welsh English
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00
  
14
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million
  
1
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
400.00 million
  
3
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
400.00 million
  
1
Not Available
  
Native Name
English
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
anglais
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Englisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
5th Century AD
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard English
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed English
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
en
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
eng
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
eng
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
eng
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
engs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1293
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
52-ABA
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
  
Not Available