1 Countries
1.1 Countries
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Thailand
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
1.9 Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Lao Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Khmer 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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Khurumjari
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
3.2 Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
3.3 How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
3.4 Good Night
Athengba Ahing
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
3.5 Good Evening
Not Available
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
3.6 Good Afternoon
Not Available
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
3.7 Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Saobiganu
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
3.10 Bye
Chatcharage
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
3.11 I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
3.12 Excuse Me
Not Available
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Northern Thailand
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
273,000.006,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Southern Thai
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
1,250,000.004,500,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
1.50 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
1.50 million20.00 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
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
5.5 Ethnicity
Meithei people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Thai 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
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating