ISO 639-3 · mnimni
Sino-Tibetan family
Meitei
ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ
Meitei is a language of the Sino-Tibetan branch, spoken in Bangladesh, India and Myanmar. Wikidata counts about 1.5 m speakers (2001). Wikidata describes it as “Tibeto-Burman language of India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mni- Glottocode
mani1292- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Centre point
- 26.50, 93.40
- Wikipedia
- 88 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
3countries
1scripts
1levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Meitei · ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ |
|---|---|
| Also called | Manipuri, Meitei-lon, Meithei, Meetei, Meiteilon |
| All speakers | 1,470,000 (2001) |
| Written in | Meetei Mayek |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Sino-Tibetan to Meitei
The branches above Meitei, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
289Sino-TibetanfamilymniMeiteilanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in Bangladesh
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