Countries
India, Manipur
  
Burma
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Not available
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Tanzania
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Meithei
  
rundi
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
1700
  
1500
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Niger-Congo 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
  
Kirundi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Meithei and Kirundi Speaking population
Meithei and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Kirundi on Meithei vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Kirundi Language Codes
Meithei and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.