Countries
India, Manipur
  
Indonesia
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Indonesia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
East Timor, Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
  
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Malay language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Malay and Dutch Languages
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Indonesian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Apa kabar?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Malam yang baik
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Selamat Sore
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Selamat Pagi
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
mohon Untuk
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
maaf
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Aku cinta kamu
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Permisi
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Sundanese
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Balinese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
  
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00
  
17
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Minangkabau
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
6,000,000.00
  
7
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
163.00 million
  
11
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
23.00 million
  
34
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
140.00 million
  
4
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Bahasa Melayu
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
French Name
Meithei
  
indonésien
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Bahasa Indonesia
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Indonesians
  
Origin
1700
  
7th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Malay
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Indonesian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
id
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
ind
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
ind
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
ind
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
indo1316
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Meithei and Indonesian 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 Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Indonesian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Indonesian Difficulty
The Meithei vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.