Countries
India, Manipur
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
Meithei
  
amharique
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1700
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Meithei and Amharic Speaking population
Meithei and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Meithei vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Amharic Language Codes
Meithei and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.