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Meithei and Malaysian


Malaysian and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
15   
5
24   
14

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
Hai   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Chanbiduna   
sila   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
maaf   

Bye
Chatcharage   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   
Not Available   

French Name
Meithei   
malais   

German Name
Meithei   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1700   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
may   

ISO 639 3
mni   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
stan1306   

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   
Agglutinative   

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All Meithei and Malaysian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Meithei and Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Meithei and Malaysian Speaking population

Meithei and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Meithei vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Malaysian Language Codes

Meithei and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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