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Javanese and Meithei


Meithei and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Indonesia  
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
15  
5

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
matur nuwun  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
Saobiganu  

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
8
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
5
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arekan  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
82,000,000.00  
6
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
16  
15
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million  
19
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %  
14
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
82.00 million  
12
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

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

French Name
javanais  
Meithei  

German Name
Javanisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
450 AD  
1700  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Javanese  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
11  
10
38  
35

Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
jv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
jav  
mni  

ISO 639 3
jav  
mni  

ISO 639 6
jav  
mni  

Glottocode
java1253  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Javanese and Meithei Speaking population

Javanese and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Meithei on Javanese vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Meithei Language Codes

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

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