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Estonian vs Meithei


Meithei vs 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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Estonian and Meithei Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Meithei language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Meithei language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Meithei Language History.

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

Estonian vs Meithei Difficulty

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

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