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Meithei and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
1  
14

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
15  
5

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
sorry  
Saobiganu  

Bye
vaarwel  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
pardon  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
Meithei  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1700  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
48  
99+
38  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
mni  

ISO 639 3
nld  
mni  

ISO 639 6
nld  
mni  

Glottocode
mode1257  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Meithei Speaking population

Dutch and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Meithei on Dutch vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Meithei Language Codes

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

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