Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
France
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Africa, Canada
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
- 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
Italian Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bonjour
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Merci
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
bonne Nuit
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
bonsoir
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Bonjour
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
S'il vous plaît
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
désolé
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
au revoir
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Je t'aime
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Excuse Moi
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Quebec French
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
African French
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Africa
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Swiss French
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
16
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
76.00 million
  
13
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
87.00 million
  
11
Not Available
  
Native Name
français
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Français
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
français
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Französisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard French
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
fr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fra
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
fre
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
fra
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
fras
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1290
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-i
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available