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Gujarati and Meithei


Meithei and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
31  
21
15  
5

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks  
4
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)  
Saobiganu  

Bye
બાય (Bāya)  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi  
Loi  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
46,000,000.00  
16
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Surati  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
-  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
56,000,000.00  
13
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million  
27
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %  
25
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
50.00 million  
22
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
55.00 million  
16
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
goudjrati  
Meithei  

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Gujaratis  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
15  
1700  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
23  
21
38  
35

Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
gu  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
guj  
mni  

ISO 639 3
guj  
mni  

ISO 639 6
guj  
mni  

Glottocode
guja1252  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Gujarati and Meithei Speaking population

Gujarati and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Meithei on Gujarati vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Meithei Language Codes

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

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