Countries
India, Manipur
  
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Indonesia, Island of Madura
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
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.
  
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Malay and Javanese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Madurese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
matur nuwun
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
piye kabare?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
wengi sing apik
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Sugeng sọnten
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Sugeng siang
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Sugeng énjing
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Nyuwun pangapunten
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Kula tresna panjengan
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Nuwun séwu
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Kangean
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Indonesia
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Bawean
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Bangkalan
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
40
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Madurese
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
  
French Name
Meithei
  
madourais
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Maduresisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Madurese
  
Origin
1700
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Madurese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
mad
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
mad
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
mad
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
madu1247
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Meithei and Madurese Speaking population
Meithei and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Meithei vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Madurese Language Codes
Meithei and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.