Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
31
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Indonesia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Indonesian Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Tamil Language
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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
2415
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Khurumjari
Thank You
terima kasih
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Nongale haugatl
Please
sila
Chanbiduna
Sorry
maaf
Saobiganu
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Chatcharage
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Loi
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Pangal
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
30,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
246
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
175.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
98.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
malais
Meithei
German Name
Malaiisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Meithei people
Origin
c. 683 AD
1700
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Meithei
Language Position
5438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
ms
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
mni
ISO 639 2/B
may
mni
ISO 639 3
zsm
mni
ISO 639 6
may
mni
Glottocode
stan1306
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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