Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Spain
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
French Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hola
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Gracias
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
Buenas Noches
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Buenos Días
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Por Favor
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
triste
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
adiós
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Te Quiero
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Mexico
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Cuba
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
489.00 million
  
3
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
410.00 million
  
2
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
89.50 million
  
9
Not Available
  
Native Name
Español
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
espagnol; castillan
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Spanisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
210 BC
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
es
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
spa
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
spa
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
spa
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1288
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available