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Italian vs Meithei


Meithei vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
16  
6
15  
5

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
grazie  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
buonasera  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
Per Favore  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
scusate  
Saobiganu  

Bye
arrivederci  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

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

French Name
italien  
Meithei  

German Name
Italienisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
960 BC  
1700  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
27  
25
38  
35

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
mni  

ISO 639 3
ita  
mni  

ISO 639 6
itas  
mni  

Glottocode
ital1282  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Italian and Meithei Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Meithei language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Meithei language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Meithei Language History.

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

Italian vs Meithei Difficulty

The Italian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.

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