Countries
India, Manipur
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
sannu
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
50.00 million
  
28
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
Meithei
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
1700
  
14
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Hausa
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Meithei and Hausa Speaking population
Meithei and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Meithei vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Hausa Language Codes
Meithei and Hausa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Hausa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.