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Meithei vs Malaysian


Malaysian vs Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Malaysia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   
Thailand   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka   

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.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Indonesian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Tamil Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
15   
5
24   
14

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
Hai   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
terima kasih   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
Apa khabar?   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Selamat Petang   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Selamat tengah hari   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
Selamat pagi   

Please
Chanbiduna   
sila   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
maaf   

Bye
Chatcharage   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
Saya sayang kamu   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Maafkan saya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Bengkulu   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
1,600,000.00   
25

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Pekal   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
30,000.00   
40

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Musi   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
3,100,000.00   
11

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
24   
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
175.00 million   
10

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
77.00 million   
12

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
98.00 million   
8

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
Bahasa melayu   

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   
Not Available   

French Name
Meithei   
malais   

German Name
Meithei   
Malaiisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1700   
c. 683 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Pluricentric Standard Malay   

Language Position
Not Available   
54   
39

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Malaysian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ms   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
msa   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
may   

ISO 639 3
mni   
zsm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
stan1306   

Linguasphere
omp   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Meithei and Malaysian Language History

Comparison of Meithei vs Malaysian language history gives us differences between origin of Meithei and Malaysian language. History of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700 whereas history of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Meithei and Malaysian Language History.

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Meithei and Malaysian 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 Malaysian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Malaysian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Malaysian word for "Thank You" is terima kasih. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Malaysian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Meithei vs Malaysian Difficulty

The Meithei vs Malaysian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Malaysian 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 Malaysian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Malaysian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Malaysian time required is 36 weeks.

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