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Finnish and Meithei


Meithei and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
Estonia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
13  
3
15  
5

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Moi  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
Kiitos  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
hyvää yötä  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
haluta  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Anteeksi  
Saobiganu  

Bye
Heippa  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Anteeksi  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Finland  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
5,600,000.00  
99+
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meänkieli  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
60,000.00  
99+
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.40 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

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

French Name
finnois  
Meithei  

German Name
Finnisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
1543  
1700  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
standard Finnish  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
22  
20
38  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
fi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
fin  
mni  

ISO 639 3
fin  
mni  

ISO 639 6
fin  
mni  

Glottocode
finn1318  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Finnish and Meithei Speaking population

Finnish and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish language is 0.13 % 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 Finnish and Meithei on Finnish vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Meithei Language Codes

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

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