Countries
India, Manipur
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
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.
  
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
مرحبا
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
شكرا
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
كيف حالك؟
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
تصبح على خير
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
مساء الخير
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
صباح الخير
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
من فضلك
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
آسف
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
وداعا
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
أحبك
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
اعذرني
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Maghrebi
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Sudanese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Sudan
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Levantine
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Cyprus, Levant
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
452.00 million
  
4
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
206.00 million
  
6
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
246.00 million
  
2
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
(al arabiya) العربية
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
French Name
Meithei
  
arabe
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Arabisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Arabs
  
Origin
1700
  
512 CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Arabic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Arabic
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ar
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
ara
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
ara
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
ara
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
arab1395
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
12-AAC
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic