Countries
India, Manipur
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
New Zealand
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Australia, Oceania
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Māori 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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Tahitian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2720
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1510
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
32
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Hello
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Night pai
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Morning pai
Please
Chanbiduna
Tēnā
Sorry
Saobiganu
Aroha mai
Bye
Chatcharage
poroporoaki
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Loi
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
5,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
273,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
New Zealand Maori
French Name
Meithei
maori
German Name
Meithei
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Māori people
Origin
1700
1814
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Maori
Language Position
3826
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Maori Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mri
ISO 639 2/B
mni
mao
ISO 639 3
mni
mri
ISO 639 6
mni
mri
Glottocode
mani1292
maor1246
Linguasphere
omp
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-