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Meithei and Georgian


Georgian and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Georgia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Cabinet of Georgia  

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.
  
  • Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
  • Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Armenian and Azerbaijani Languages  

Derived From
-  
Anatolian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
15  
5
28  
18

Scripts
Bengali  
Arabic, Georgian script  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)  

Good Evening
মানিপুরি  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)  

Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)  

Please
Chanbiduna  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
ბოდიში (bodishi)  

Bye
Chatcharage  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)  

Excuse Me
দুঃখিত  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Judaeo-Georgian  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Kartlian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Kartli  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Pshavian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Pshavi  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
4,000,000.00  
40

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.64 %  
26

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
4.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
4.00 million  
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
ქართული ენა  

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli  

French Name
Meithei  
géorgien  

German Name
Meithei  
Georgisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Georgians  

History

Origin
1700  
5th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Kartvelian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Southern  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Modern Georgian  

Language Position
38  
35
120  
99+

Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language  
Georgian Sign Language  

Scope
-  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ka  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
kat  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
geo  

ISO 639 3
mni  
kat  

ISO 639 6
mni  
kat  

Glottocode
mani1292  
nucl1302  

Linguasphere
omp  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Meithei and Georgian Speaking population

Meithei and Georgian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Georgian languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Georgian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Georgian language is 0.64 %. 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 Georgian on Meithei vs Georgian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Georgian Language Codes

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