Countries
India, Manipur
  
Thailand
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Thailand
  
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
  
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
  
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.
  
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Lao Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Khmer Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Thai-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Thai
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
โปรด (Pord)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Isan
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Isan
  
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Northern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Northern Thailand
  
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Southern Thai
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
4,500,000.00
  
8
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
60.00 million
  
27
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
20.00 million
  
37
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
40.00 million
  
15
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
ภาษาไทย
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
  
French Name
Meithei
  
thaï
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Thailändisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
  
Origin
1700
  
1283 CE
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Tai-Kadai Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Tai
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Thai
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Thai
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Thai Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
th
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
tha
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
tha
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
tha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
thai1261
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
47-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating