Countries
India, Manipur
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Philippines
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino
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.
- "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
- "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Tagalog Language
Derived From
-
Spanish Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2728
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1523
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
Kumusta
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Salamat
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kumusta
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
magandang gabi
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Magandang gabi
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Magandang hapon
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Magandang umaga
Please
Chanbiduna
Mangyaring
Sorry
Saobiganu
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Chatcharage
Paalam
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Mahal kita
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
patawarin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Loi
Bikol
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
5,000.00100,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Hiligaynon
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
273,000.008,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Waray
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.002,600,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
68
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million90.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %1.74 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million45.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
filipino
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Pilipino
French Name
Meithei
filipino; pilipino
German Name
Meithei
Pilipino
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Filipino people
Origin
1700
16th Century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Filipino
Language Position
3834
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Filipino Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No Data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
fil
ISO 639 2/B
mni
fil
ISO 639 3
mni
fil
ISO 639 6
mni
fil
Glottocode
mani1292
fili1244
Linguasphere
omp
No Data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-