Countries
India, Manipur
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Myanmar
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Mon
Regulated By
-
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1533
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Tangut
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Chanbiduna
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Saobiganu
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
Chatcharage
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Loi
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
5,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
273,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Intha
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Burma
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million43.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
1.50 million33.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million10.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
Meithei
birman
German Name
Meithei
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Bamar people
Origin
1700
1113 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Burmese
Language Position
3843
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Burmese sign language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mya
ISO 639 2/B
mni
bur
ISO 639 3
mni
mya
ISO 639 6
mni
mya
Glottocode
mani1292
sout3159
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating