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Meithei and English


English and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
33   
2

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
15   
5
21   
11

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
Hello   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
Good Morning   

Please
Chanbiduna   
Please   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
Sorry   

Bye
Chatcharage   
Bye   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
American English   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
English   

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   
Not Available   

French Name
Meithei   
anglais   

German Name
Meithei   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1700   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
eng   

ISO 639 3
mni   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
mani1292   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
omp   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Meithei and English Speaking population

Meithei and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and English languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Meithei vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and English Language Codes

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

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