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Meithei
Meithei

Japanese
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Countries

Countries

India, Manipur
Japan

Total No. Of Countries

11
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Japan

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia, Pacific

Minority Language

Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Palau

Regulated By

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Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education

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.
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.

Similar To

Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Korean Language

Derived From

-
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2799
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1514
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali
Kana

Writing Direction

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

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

35
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks88 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Khurumjari
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)

Thank You

Yamna nungaijare
ありがとう (Arigatō)

How Are You?

Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)

Good Night

Athengba Ahing
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)

Good Evening

মানিপুরি
こんばんは (Konbanwa)

Good Afternoon

দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)

Good Morning

Nongale haugatl
おはよう (Ohayō)

Please

Chanbiduna
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)

Sorry

Saobiganu
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)

Bye

Chatcharage
さようなら (Sayōnara)

I Love You

Eina nangbu nungsi
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)

Excuse Me

দুঃখিত
すみません (Sumimasen)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Loi
Sanuki

Where They Speak

Burma, Laos
Kagawa

How Many People Speak

5,000.001,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Pangal
Hakata

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, India
Fukuoka

How Many People Speak

273,000.00127,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Meithei proper
Kansai

Where They Speak

Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
kansai

How Many People Speak

1,250,000.00127,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

631
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.50 million128.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %1.90 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

1.50 million128.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

মৈইতৈইলোন
日本語

Alternative Names

Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Nihongo

French Name

Meithei
japonais

German Name

Meithei
Japanisch

Pronunciation

[ˈmeɪteɪ]
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]

Ethnicity

Meithei people
Japanese (Yamato)

History

Origin

1700
1185

Language Family

Sino-Tibetan Family
Japonic Family

Subgroup

Tibeto-Burman
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Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese

Standard Forms

Standard Meithei
Japanese

Language Position

388
1 120
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Signed Forms

Meithei Sign Language
Signed Japanese

Scope

-
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ja

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mni
jpn

ISO 639 2/B

mni
jpn

ISO 639 3

mni
jpn

ISO 639 6

mni
jpn

Glottocode

mani1292
nucl1643

Linguasphere

omp
45-CAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

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Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

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Agglutinative, Synthetic

Meithei and Japanese Alphabets

Meithei and Japanese Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Meithei and Japanese. In Meithei Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Japanese Alphabets there are 99 letters. To learn Meithei and Japanese languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Meithei and Japanese languages. The Meithei phonology consist Meithei vowels and Meithei consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Meithei greetings vs Japanese greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Meithei and Japanese are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Meithei and Japanese Speaking population

Meithei and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Meithei vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Japanese Language Codes

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