Countries
Countries
European Union, Malta
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Malta
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
National Council for the Maltese Language
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
- 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
Western Arabic Dialects
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Roman Languages
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3027
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2415
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Not Available
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Ħello
Khurumjari
Thank You
Grazzi
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Kif int?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Il-Lejla it-tajba
-9999
Good Afternoon
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
-9999
Good Morning
L-għodwa t-tajba
Nongale haugatl
Please
Jekk jogħġbok
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Skużani!
Saobiganu
Bye
Ċaw
Chatcharage
I Love You
Inħobbok ħafna
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Skużi!
-9999
Dialects
Dialect 1
Qormi
Loi
Where They Speak
Malta
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
NA5,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Żejtun
Pangal
Where They Speak
Malta
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
NA273,000.00
700
80000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Not Present
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
26
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
0.52 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
NANA
0.11
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.52 million1.50 million
0.13
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
NANA
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Malti
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Malti
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
maltais
Meithei
German Name
Maltesisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maltese
Meithei people
History
Origin
c. 1470
1700
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Semitic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
North Abric
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Maltese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
NANA
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maltese Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
Code
ISO 639 1
mt
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mlt
mni
ISO 639 2/B
mlt
mni
ISO 639 3
mlt
mni
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
malt1254
mani1292
Linguasphere
12-AAC-c
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available