Countries
India, Manipur
  
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
France
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Canada
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française
  
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.
  
- French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
- French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Italian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
bonjour
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Merci
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Comment allez-vous?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
bonne Nuit
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
bonsoir
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
bon Après-Midi
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Bonjour
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
S'il vous plaît
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
désolé
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
au revoir
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Je t'aime
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Excuse Moi
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Quebec French
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada
  
How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00
  
15
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
African French
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Africa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Swiss French
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Northeast France, Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
1,800,000.00
  
16
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
76.00 million
  
13
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
87.00 million
  
11
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
français
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Français
  
French Name
Meithei
  
français
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Französisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1700
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old French, Middle French and French
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Standard French
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
fr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
fra
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
fre
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
fra
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
fras
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
stan1290
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
51-AAA-i
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic