Countries
India, Manipur
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Ethiopia
  
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
  
Somalia
  
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.
  
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Somali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
akkam
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Galatoomi
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Nagayattii buli
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Akkam waarite
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Maaloo
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
naa dhiisi
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Nagayattii!
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Sin jaaladha
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Borana
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Orma
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Kenya
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Wata
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Kenya
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Afaan Oromoo
  
French Name
Meithei
  
galla
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Galla-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Oromos
  
Origin
1700
  
16
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Cushitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Afaan Oromo
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
om
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
orm
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
orm
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
orm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
nucl1736
  
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 Oromo Speaking population
Meithei and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Meithei vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Oromo Language Codes
Meithei and Oromo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Oromo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.