Countries
India, Manipur
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Babay
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
Meithei
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1700
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian 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
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Meithei and Cebuano Speaking population
Meithei and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Meithei vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Cebuano Language Codes
Meithei and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.