Countries
India, Manipur
  
Myanmar
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Myanmar
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Burma
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Mon
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Myanmar Language Commission
  
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.
  
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Thai Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Pali Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Tangut
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Arakanese
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
  
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00
  
24
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Tavoyan
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Myanmar
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Intha
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Burma
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
43.00 million
  
30
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
  
French Name
Meithei
  
birman
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Birmanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Bamar people
  
Origin
1700
  
1113 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Modern Burmese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Burmese sign language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
my
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
mya
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
bur
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
mya
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
sout3159
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Meithei and Burmese 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 Burmese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Burmese language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Burmese word for "Thank You" is ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Burmese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Burmese Difficulty
The Meithei vs Burmese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Burmese 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 Burmese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Burmese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Burmese time required is 44 weeks.