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Meithei vs 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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Dutch and Meithei Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Meithei language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Meithei language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Meithei Language History.

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Dutch 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 Dutch and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Meithei language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Meithei Difficulty

The Dutch vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.

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