1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy 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.
1.9 Similar To
Not Available
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Misaotra
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
Manao ahoana!
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
Alina tsara
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Manao ahoana e
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sakalava
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Not Available
Meithei proper
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
মৈইতৈইলোন
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Meithei
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Austronesian
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Macrolanguage
Not Available
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available