Countries
India, Manipur
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
Not Available
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hello
Khurumjari
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
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晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
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下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Please
Chanbiduna
请 (Qǐng)
Sorry
Saobiganu
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Bye
Chatcharage
再见 (Zàijiàn)
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
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劳驾 (Láojià)
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
China, United States of America
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Yue
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
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French Name
Meithei
chinois
German Name
Meithei
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Meithei people
Han
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Chinese
Language Position
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Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
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Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zh
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mani1292
sini1245
Language Type
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Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Meithei and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Meithei and Chinese Speaking population
Meithei and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese on Meithei vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Chinese Language Codes
Meithei and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.