Countries
India, Manipur
Myanmar
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
Burmese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
Not Available
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
Not Available
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Myanmar
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Intha
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Burma
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Bamar people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Modern Burmese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Burmese sign language
Scope
Not Available
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
my
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mani1292
sout3159
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Analytic, Isolating
All Meithei and Burmese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Meithei and Burmese dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Burmese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Burmese Dialects are spoken in different Burmese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Burmese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Burmese dialects include: Arakanese , Tavoyan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Meithei and Burmese Speaking population
Meithei and Burmese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Burmese languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Burmese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Burmese language is 0.50 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Meithei and Burmese on Meithei vs Burmese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Burmese Language Codes
Meithei and Burmese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Burmese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.