Countries
India, Manipur
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
alo
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
scuze
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
Meithei
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1700
  
1521
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Romanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic