1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Myanmar
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Mon
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Myanmar Language Commission
1.8 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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Thai Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Pali Language
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Khurumjari
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
3.8 Please
Chanbiduna
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
3.9 Sorry
Saobiganu
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
3.10 Bye
Chatcharage
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Myanmar
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.00440,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Burma
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0090,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million43.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million33.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
Bamar people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Burmese
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
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
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating