Countries
India, Manipur
Vietnam
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Vietnam
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Czech Republic
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
-
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2737
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1521
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Xin chào
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Cam on
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Bạn khỏe không?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Chúc ngủ ngon
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Chào buổi tối
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Chào buổi trưa
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Chào buổi sáng
Please
Chanbiduna
xin vui lòng
Sorry
Saobiganu
Xin lỗi
Bye
Chatcharage
Tạm biệt
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
tôi yêu bạn
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Xin loi
Dialect 1
Loi
Northern Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
How Many People Speak
5,000.0076,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
North-central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
How Many People Speak
273,000.0076,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Mid-Central Vietnamese
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0076,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
65
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million91.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million16.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
tiếng việt (㗂越)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
French Name
Meithei
vietnamien
German Name
Meithei
Vietnamesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
Origin
1700
c. 1440
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Vietnamese
Language Position
3814
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Vietnamese sign languages
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
vi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
vie
ISO 639 2/B
mni
vie
ISO 639 3
mni
vie
ISO 639 6
mni
vie
Glottocode
mani1292
viet1252
Linguasphere
omp
46-EBA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating