Countries
South Africa
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Dutch Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3227
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
156
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1715
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
33
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
hallo
Khurumjari
Thank You
Dankie
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
goeie nag
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
Goeienaand
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
goeie more
Nongale haugatl
Please
asseblief
Chanbiduna
Sorry
jammer
Saobiganu
Bye
Totsiens
Chatcharage
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Loi
Where They Speak
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Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Pangal
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Namibia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
7.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.03 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
afrikaans
Meithei
German Name
Afrikaans
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Meithei people
Origin
17th Century
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
Western
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Meithei
Language Position
2338
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
mni
ISO 639 2/B
afr
mni
ISO 639 3
afr
mni
ISO 639 6
afrs
mni
Glottocode
afri1274
mani1292
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
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