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Meithei and Khmer


Khmer and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Cambodia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Australia, France, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Lao Language  

Derived From
-  
Pali and Sanskrit Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
20  
17

How Many Consonants
15  
5
33  
23

Scripts
Bengali  
Khmer  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
ជំរាបសួរ (jomreab suor)  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
រាត្រីលា  

Good Evening
মানিপুরি  
ល្ងង់អរិយដ្ឋរ  

Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  
លើកលែងរសៀល  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
អរុណ​ប្រចាំឡើង  

Please
Chanbiduna  
សូម  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
សូរី  

Bye
Chatcharage  
លាស់ជាស្រី (leah sah srey)  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
បងបានស្រលាញ់អូន  

Excuse Me
দুঃখিত  
សូមទាញយក  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Northern Khmer  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
1,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Khmer Krom  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Western Khmer  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Cambodia, Thailand  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
16,000,000.00  
27

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
6  
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)  

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  
Cambodian, Khmer  

French Name
Meithei  
khmer central  

German Name
Meithei  
Kambodschanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Khmer, Northern Khmer  

History

Origin
1700  
14  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Khmer  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Modern Khmer  

Language Position
38  
35
1  
1

Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language  
Khmer Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
km  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
khm  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
khm  

ISO 639 3
mni  
khm  

ISO 639 6
mni  
khm  

Glottocode
mani1292  
khme1253  

Linguasphere
omp  
48-ACB  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Meithei and Khmer Speaking population

Meithei and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Meithei vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Khmer Language Codes

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

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