Countries
India, Manipur
Thailand
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Thailand
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
Burma, Cambodia, Laos
Regulated By
-
Royal Society of Thailand (ราชบัณฑิตยสภา)
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.
- Thai is tonal language and also it is very repetitive and exaggerative language.
- You should learn thai language with native speakers and not with books or recorders, since speaking and writing in thai are not the same.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Lao Language
Derived From
-
Khmer Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2744
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
632
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1544
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Thai
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
ขอบคุณ (K̄hxbkhuṇ)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
คุณเป็นอย่างไร? (Khuṇ pĕn xỳāngrị?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
นอนหลับฝันดี (Nxn h̄lạb f̄ạn dī)
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
สวัสดี (S̄wạs̄dī)
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
สวัสดีตอนบ่าย (S̄wạs̄dī txn b̀āy)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
อรุณสวัสดิ์ (Xruṇ s̄wạs̄di̒)
Please
Chanbiduna
โปรด (Pord)
Sorry
Saobiganu
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Bye
Chatcharage
ลาก่อน (Lā k̀xn)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
ผมรักคุณ (P̄hm rạk khuṇ)
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
ขอโทษ (K̄hxthos̄ʹ)
Dialect 1
Loi
Isan
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Isan
How Many People Speak
5,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Northern Thai
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Northern Thailand
How Many People Speak
273,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Southern Thai
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Kedah, Kelantan, Southern Thailand, Tanintharyi
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.004,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
69
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.85 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million20.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million40.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ภาษาไทย
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Siamese, Standard Thai, Thaiklang
French Name
Meithei
thaï
German Name
Meithei
Thailändisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[pʰāːsǎː tʰāj]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Central Thai and Thai Chinese
Origin
1700
1283 CE
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Tai-Kadai Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Tai
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Thai
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Thai
Language Position
3847
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Thai Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
th
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
tha
ISO 639 2/B
mni
tha
ISO 639 3
mni
tha
ISO 639 6
mni
tha
Glottocode
mani1292
thai1261
Linguasphere
omp
47-AAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating