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Georgian and Meithei


Meithei and Georgian


Countries

Countries
Georgia  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Cabinet of Georgia  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
  • 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
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Anatolian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
28  
18
15  
5

Scripts
Arabic, Georgian script  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
ბოდიში (bodishi)  
Saobiganu  

Bye
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judaeo-Georgian  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kartlian  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Kartli  
Bangladesh, India  

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

Dialect 3
Pshavian  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Pshavi  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.64 %  
26
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
4.30 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ქართული ენა  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
géorgien  
Meithei  

German Name
Georgisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Georgians  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
5th Century  
1700  

Language Family
Kartvelian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Southern  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Georgian  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
120  
99+
38  
35

Signed Forms
Georgian Sign Language  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
-  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
ka  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kat  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
geo  
mni  

ISO 639 3
kat  
mni  

ISO 639 6
kat  
mni  

Glottocode
nucl1302  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Georgian and Meithei Speaking population

Georgian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Georgian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Georgian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 % 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 Georgian and Meithei on Georgian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Georgian and Meithei Language Codes

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

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