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
Filipinos
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Australia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
Regulated By
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Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
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.
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2725
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1518
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali
Baybayin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Khurumjari
Kamusta
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
Salamat po
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Kamusta ka na?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
Magandang gabi
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
Magandang gabi po
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Magandang hapon po
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
Magandang umaga po
Please
Chanbiduna
pakiusap
Sorry
Saobiganu
pinagsisisihan
Bye
Chatcharage
Paálam
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Iniibig kita
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
Dialect 1
Loi
Batangas Tagalog
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Batangas, Gabon
How Many People Speak
5,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Bisalog
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
273,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Filipino
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
63
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million73.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million45.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Tagalog
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Filipino, Pilipino
French Name
Meithei
tagalog
German Name
Meithei
Tagalog
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Tagalog people
Origin
1700
1593
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Filipino
Language Position
3858
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Tagalog
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
t1
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
tgl
ISO 639 2/B
mni
tgl
ISO 639 3
mni
tg1
ISO 639 6
mni
tgl
Glottocode
mani1292
taga1269
Linguasphere
omp
31-CKA
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-