Countries
India, Manipur
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
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 in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Indonesia
  
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
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
175.00 million
  
10
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.