Countries
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
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
-
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2732
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1520
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Greetings
Hello
Khurumjari
Kablaaw
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kumusta?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Naimbag a bigat
Please
Chanbiduna
mangngegda
Sorry
Saobiganu
Agpakawanak
Bye
Chatcharage
Pakada
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Maawan-dayawen
Dialects
Dialect 1
Loi
Balangao
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Philippines
How Many People Speak
5,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Bontoc
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
273,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Not present
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Not present
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
ilokano
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
Meithei
ilocano
German Name
Meithei
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Ilocano people
History
Origin
1700
18th 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
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
3894
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
mni
ilo
ISO 639 3
mni
ilo
ISO 639 6
mni
ilo
Glottocode
mani1292
ilok1237
Linguasphere
omp
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-