Countries
India, Manipur
Cambodia
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
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
Australia, France, United States of America
Regulated By
Not Available
Not Available
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.
- Khmer is not the tonal language.
- Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
Not Available
Pali and Sanskrit Languages
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
អ្នកសុខសប្បាយទេ
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ND
Good Evening
Not Available
ND
Good Afternoon
Not Available
ND
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
ND
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ND
Excuse Me
Not Available
ND
Dialect 1
Loi
Northern Khmer
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America
Dialect 2
Pangal
Khmer Krom
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Vietnam
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Western Khmer
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Cambodia, Thailand
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Cambodian, Khmer
French Name
Meithei
khmer central
German Name
Meithei
Kambodschanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Khmer, Northern Khmer
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Khmer
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Khmer
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
km
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mani1292
khme1253
Linguasphere
omp
Not Available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
Meithei and Khmer 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 Khmer greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Khmer language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Khmer word for "Thank You" is សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Khmer Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Khmer Difficulty
The Meithei vs Khmer difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Khmer 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 Khmer are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Khmer, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Khmer time required is 44 weeks.