Countries
India, Manipur
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
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Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
azafady
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
18.00 million
  
38
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
Meithei
  
malgache
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
1700
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
standard Malagasy
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Meithei and Malagasy Speaking population
Meithei and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Meithei vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Malagasy Language Codes
Meithei and Malagasy language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Malagasy Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.