Countries
India, Manipur
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
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Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2736
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1529
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
natën e mirë
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
mirëdita
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
mirëmengjes
Please
Chanbiduna
Ju lutem
Sorry
Saobiganu
Me fal
Bye
Chatcharage
mirupafshim
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Më falni
Dialect 1
Loi
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
5,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
273,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Italy
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Shqip
French Name
Meithei
albanais
German Name
Meithei
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Albanians
Origin
1700
1462 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Albanian
Language Position
3814
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
mni
alb
ISO 639 3
mni
sqi
ISO 639 6
mni
sqi
Glottocode
mani1292
alba1267
Linguasphere
omp
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic