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Estonian and Meithei


Meithei and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
6  
3

How Many Consonants
18  
8
15  
5

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
aitäh  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
Palun  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Saobiganu  

Bye
Head aega  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
estonien  
Meithei  

German Name
Estnisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
13th century  
1700  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
22  
20
38  
35

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
mni  

ISO 639 3
est  
mni  

ISO 639 6
est  
mni  

Glottocode
esto1258  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Estonian and Meithei Speaking population

Estonian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Meithei on Estonian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Meithei Language Codes

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

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