Countries
India, Manipur
Indonesia
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
East Timor, Indonesia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands
Regulated By
-
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa
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 modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
- In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Malay language
Derived From
-
Malay and Dutch Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1519
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
37
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Halo
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Terima kasih
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Apa kabar?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Selamat Malam
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Malam yang baik
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Selamat Sore
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Selamat Pagi
Please
Chanbiduna
mohon Untuk
Sorry
Saobiganu
maaf
Bye
Chatcharage
Selamat tinggal
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Aku cinta kamu
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Permisi
Dialect 1
Loi
Sundanese
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
5,000.0038,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Balinese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida
How Many People Speak
273,000.003,300,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Minangkabau
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Indonesia, Malaysia
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
646
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million163.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %1.16 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million23.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million140.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Bahasa Melayu
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Bahasa Indonesia
French Name
Meithei
indonésien
German Name
Meithei
Bahasa Indonesia
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Indonesians
Origin
1700
7th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Malay
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Indonesian
Language Position
3856
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
id
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
ind
ISO 639 2/B
mni
ind
ISO 639 3
mni
ind
ISO 639 6
mni
ind
Glottocode
mani1292
indo1316
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative