Countries
India, Manipur
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
maakye
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
wae
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
bye
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Meithei
  
akan
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Akan people
  
Origin
1700
  
15
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Akan
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
akan1251
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Meithei and Akan Speaking population
Meithei and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Meithei and Akan on Meithei vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Akan Language Codes
Meithei and Akan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Akan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.