Countries
India, Manipur
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Malta
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
-
National Council for the Maltese Language
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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2730
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1524
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Ħello
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Grazzi
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kif int?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Chanbiduna
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Saobiganu
Skużani!
Bye
Chatcharage
Ċaw
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Loi
Qormi
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Malta
How Many People Speak
5,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Malta
How Many People Speak
273,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not Present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Malti
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Malti
French Name
Meithei
maltais
German Name
Meithei
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Maltese
Origin
1700
c. 1470
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Maltese
Language Position
3825
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
mni
mlt
ISO 639 3
mni
mlt
ISO 639 6
mni
mlt
Glottocode
mani1292
malt1254
Linguasphere
omp
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic