Countries
India, Manipur
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Meithei
  
albanais
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1700
  
1462 AD
  
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
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Meithei and Albanian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Meithei and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Albanian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Albanian Difficulty
The Meithei vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Albanian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Meithei and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.