Countries
West Java
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Indonesia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
-
-
Interesting Facts
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
- 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.
Similar To
Madurese and Malay Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3327
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
56
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1615
9
60
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Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
40 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Khurumjari
Thank You
Nuhun
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Wilujeng kulem
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing
Nongale haugatl
Please
Mangga
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Hapunten
Saobiganu
Bye
Wilujeng angkat
Chatcharage
I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Punten
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Western dialect
Loi
Where They Speak
Banten
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Northern dialect
Pangal
Where They Speak
Bogor
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Priangan dialect
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Bandung
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
40,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
66
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.57 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
38.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
39.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Basa Sunda
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
soundanais
Meithei
German Name
Sundanesisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Meithei people
Origin
5th century AD
1700
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Indonesian
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Sundanese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
4238
1
120
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Signed Forms
Sundanese Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
su
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sun
mni
ISO 639 2/B
sun
mni
ISO 639 3
sun
mni
ISO 639 6
sun
mni
Glottocode
sund1251
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
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