Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
India, Manipur
National Language
Germany
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
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Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
Albanian Languages
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Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
Danke
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
gute Nacht
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
guten Abend
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
guten Morgen
Nongale haugatl
Sorry
Verzeihung
Saobiganu
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Loi
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Burma, Laos
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Pangal
Where They Speak
Germany
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Texas German
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Texas
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Native Name
Deutsch
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
allemand
Meithei
German Name
Deutsch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Germans
Meithei people
Origin
6th Century AD
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Tibeto-Burman
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Standard Meithei
Signed Forms
Signed German
Meithei Sign Language
ISO 639 1
de
No data available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
mani1292
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
omp
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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All German 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 German and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of German and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Meithei Speaking population
German and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of German and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Meithei on German vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Meithei Language Codes
German and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.