Countries
India, Manipur
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
15
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Indonesia, Island of Madura
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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1521
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Halo
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Sugeng énjing
Please
Chanbiduna
tolong
Sorry
Saobiganu
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Chatcharage
Pamit
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Loi
Kangean
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
5,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Bawean
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
273,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.23 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million14.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Madurese
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
Meithei
madourais
German Name
Meithei
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Madurese
Origin
1700
8th 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
Madurese
Language Position
3869
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mad
ISO 639 2/B
mni
mad
ISO 639 3
mni
mad
ISO 639 6
mni
-
Glottocode
mani1292
madu1247
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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