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Meithei and Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
1  
14

National Language
China, Taiwan  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
Republic of Brazil  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council  
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Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Japanese and Korean Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Chinese.jpg#200  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24  
19
6  
3

How Many Consonants
23  
13
15  
5

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
请 (Qǐng)  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  
Saobiganu  

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin  
Loi  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00  
1
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Wu  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
China, United States of America  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00  
6
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Yue  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00  
12
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million  
2
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %  
2
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
873.00 million  
1
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million  
3
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
chinois  
Meithei  

German Name
Chinesisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Han  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
1250 BC  
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 Chinese  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
1  
1
38  
35

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
zh  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
chi  
mni  

ISO 639 3
zho  
mni  

ISO 639 6
zho  
mni  

Glottocode
sini1245  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
79-AAA  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
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All Chinese and Meithei Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Chinese and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Chinese and Meithei Speaking population

Chinese and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Chinese and Meithei on Chinese vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Chinese and Meithei Language Codes

Chinese and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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