Countries
Indonesia
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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Interesting Facts
- The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
- 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
Malay language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1915
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
73
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Khurumjari
Thank You
Terima kasih
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Apa kabar?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Malam yang baik
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Selamat Pagi
Nongale haugatl
Please
mohon Untuk
Chanbiduna
Sorry
maaf
Saobiganu
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Chatcharage
I Love You
Aku cinta kamu
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Permisi
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Sundanese
Loi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
38,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Balinese
Pangal
Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Minangkabau
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
6,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
466
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
163.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
23.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
140.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa Melayu
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
indonésien
Meithei
German Name
Bahasa Indonesia
Meithei
Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Indonesians
Meithei people
Origin
7th Century
1700
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Malay
No early forms
Standard Forms
Indonesian
Standard Meithei
Language Position
5638
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
id
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ind
mni
ISO 639 2/B
ind
mni
ISO 639 3
ind
mni
ISO 639 6
ind
mni
Glottocode
indo1316
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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