1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Manipur
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Malaysia
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Thailand
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
1.8 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.
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Indonesian Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Tamil Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
terima kasih
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Apa khabar?
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Selamat Malam
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
Selamat Petang
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
Selamat tengah hari
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Selamat pagi
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Chatcharage
Selamat tinggal
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Saya sayang kamu
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
Maafkan saya
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.001,600,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Indonesia
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.0030,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Indonesia
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.003,100,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million175.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million77.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
Not Available
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Pluricentric Standard Malay
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Malaysian Sign Language
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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