Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Germany
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Danke
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
bitte
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
Not Available
  
Native Name
Deutsch
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
allemand
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available