Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Manipur
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
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Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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)
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Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
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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)
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Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Burma, Laos
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Yue
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Speaking Population
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Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
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Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
chinois
Meithei
German Name
Chinesisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Han
Meithei people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
zh
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
mani1292
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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Chinese and Meithei Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Chinese and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Chinese and Meithei language. Chinese word for "Hello" is 您好 (Nín hǎo) or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Chinese Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Chinese vs Meithei Difficulty
The Chinese vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Chinese Alphabets and Meithei Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Chinese and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Chinese and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Chinese is 88 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.