Countries
India, Manipur
Indonesia
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Indonesia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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 Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Sugeng énjing
Please
Chanbiduna
matur nuwun
Sorry
Saobiganu
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Chatcharage
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Nuwun séwu
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Indonesia
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Arekan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Indonesia
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
Meithei
javanais
German Name
Meithei
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indonesian
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Javanese
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Javanese Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
jv
Glottocode
mani1292
java1253
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Meithei and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Meithei and Javanese Speaking population
Meithei and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Meithei vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Javanese Language Codes
Meithei and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.