Countries
Indonesia
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
- 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
Malay language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Halo
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Terima kasih
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
mohon Untuk
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Permisi
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Sundanese
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Balinese
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Minangkabau
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
7
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
23.00 million
  
34
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
140.00 million
  
4
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
indonésien
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Indonesians
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
7th Century
  
1700
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Malay
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Indonesian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
id
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ind
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
ind
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
ind
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
indo1316
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Indonesian and Meithei Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Indonesian and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Meithei language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Indonesian vs Meithei Difficulty
The Indonesian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Meithei Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Indonesian and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.