Countries
India, Manipur
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
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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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2721
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1520
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Salama!
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Misaotra
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Alina tsara
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Maraina tsara
Please
Chanbiduna
azafady
Sorry
Saobiganu
Miala tsiny
Bye
Chatcharage
Veloma!
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Azafady
Dialect 1
Loi
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Merina
How Many People Speak
5,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
273,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
-
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
62
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.28 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million18.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million18.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
Meithei
malgache
German Name
Meithei
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Malagasy people
Origin
1700
1000 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Austronesian
Branch
-
Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
standard Malagasy
Language Position
3884
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
mni
mlg
ISO 639 3
mni
mlg
ISO 639 6
mni
mlg
Glottocode
mani1292
mala1537
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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