Countries
India, Manipur
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
Meithei
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
1700
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Macedonian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic