Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
China, Guangdong
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
Hawaii
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2827
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2015
9
60
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
103
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
您好
Khurumjari
Thank You
谢谢
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
你好吗？
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
晚安
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
晚上好
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
下午好
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
早上好
Nongale haugatl
Please
请
Chanbiduna
Sorry
遗憾
Saobiganu
Bye
再见
Chatcharage
I Love You
我爱你
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
原谅我
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Loi
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Pangal
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
71,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
70,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
36
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
16.00 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
52.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
71.00 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
cantonais
Meithei
German Name
Kantonesisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Meithei people
Origin
17th century
1700
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
138
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
-
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
yue
mni
ISO 639 2/B
yue
mni
ISO 639 3
No data available
mni
ISO 639 6
yue
mni
Glottocode
cant1236
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
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Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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