1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Malaysia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Thailand
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Indonesian Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Tamil Language
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
terima kasih
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
Selamat Malam
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
Selamat Petang
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Selamat tinggal
Chatcharage
3.11 I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Burma, Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
1,600,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
30,000.00273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
3,100,000.001,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
175.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
77.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Not Available
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Not Available
6.4 Scope
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available