Countries
India, Manipur
West Java
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1516
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Halo
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Nuhun
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Chanbiduna
Mangga
Sorry
Saobiganu
Hapunten
Bye
Chatcharage
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Punten
Dialect 1
Loi
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Banten
How Many People Speak
5,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Bogor
How Many People Speak
273,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Bandung
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
Meithei
soundanais
German Name
Meithei
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1700
5th century AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Sundanese
Language Position
3842
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
sun
ISO 639 2/B
mni
sun
ISO 639 3
mni
sun
ISO 639 6
mni
sun
Glottocode
mani1292
sund1251
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-