Countries
India, Manipur
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Total No. Of Countries
16
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
-
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2726
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1521
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
36
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Khurumjari
Hallo
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
dankjewel
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
goede Nacht
Good Evening
মানিপুরি
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
goedemorgen
Please
Chanbiduna
alsjeblieft
Sorry
Saobiganu
sorry
Bye
Chatcharage
vaarwel
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
দুঃখিত
pardon
Dialect 1
Loi
Gronings
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
5,000.00590,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pangal
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
273,000.004,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Belgium, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
67
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million22.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million6.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
Meithei
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Meithei
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Dutch people
Origin
1700
AD 450-500
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Dutch
Language Position
3848
1
120
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Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
nl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mni
nld
ISO 639 2/B
mni
dut
ISO 639 3
mni
nld
ISO 639 6
mni
nld
Glottocode
mani1292
mode1257
Linguasphere
omp
52-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic