Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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
Indonesian Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
sila
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
malais
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
1700
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
Malaysian and Meithei Speaking population
Malaysian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Meithei on Malaysian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Meithei Language Codes
Malaysian and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.