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Meithei and Cantonese


Cantonese and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
China, Guangdong  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
15  
5
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
您好  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
晚安  

Good Evening
মানিপুরি  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  
下午好  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
早上好  

Please
Chanbiduna  
请  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
遗憾  

Bye
Chatcharage  
再见  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
দুঃখিত  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
Meithei  
cantonais  

German Name
Meithei  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
1700  
17th century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
38  
35
1  
1

Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
-  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
yue  

ISO 639 3
mni  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
mni  
yue  

Glottocode
mani1292  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
omp  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Meithei and Cantonese Speaking population

Meithei and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Meithei and Cantonese on Meithei vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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