Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
51
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
- 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 and Javanese Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2115
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
43
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Khurumjari
Thank You
matur nuwun
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Nongale haugatl
Please
tolong
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
Saobiganu
Bye
Pamit
Chatcharage
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Kangean
Loi
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
110,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Bawean
Pangal
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Bangkalan
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
8,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.23 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
15.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Madurese
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
madourais
Meithei
German Name
Maduresisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[madura]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Madurese
Meithei people
Origin
8th Century AD
1700
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Madurese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
6938
1
120
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Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data Available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mad
mni
ISO 639 2/B
mad
mni
ISO 639 3
mad
mni
ISO 639 6
-
mni
Glottocode
madu1247
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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