Countries
India, Manipur
  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Germany
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Council for German Orthography
  
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.
  
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Albanian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Danke
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Wie geht es dir?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
gute Nacht
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
guten Abend
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
guten Tag
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
guten Morgen
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
bitte
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Verzeihung
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Tschüs
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Ich liebe dich
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Entschuldigung
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Swiss German
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Switzerland
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Swabian German
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Germany
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Texas German
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Texas
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
229.00 million
  
8
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
101.00 million
  
10
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
128.00 million
  
5
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Deutsch
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
French Name
Meithei
  
allemand
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Deutsch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Germans
  
Origin
1700
  
6th Century AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed German
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
de
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
deu
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
ger
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
deu
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
deus
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
high1287, uppe1397
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic