Countries
India, Manipur
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Zambia
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Zulu language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2731
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1518
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Moni
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Zikomo
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Masana abwino
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Chanbiduna
Chonde
Sorry
Saobiganu
pepani
Bye
Chatcharage
anatsanzikana
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Pepani
Dialect 1
Loi
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
5,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
273,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million12.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million12.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
Meithei
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Meithei
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Chewa people
Origin
1700
15th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Benue-Congo
Branch
-
Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Chewa
Language Position
3827
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
nya
ISO 639 2/B
mni
nya
ISO 639 3
mni
nya
ISO 639 6
mni
nya
Glottocode
mani1292
nyan1308
Linguasphere
omp
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-