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Meithei and Norwegian


Norwegian and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Norway  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
15  
5
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
hallo  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
takk  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
god natt  

Good Evening
মানিপুরি  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
god morgen  

Please
Chanbiduna  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
unnskyld  

Bye
Chatcharage  
ha det  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
দুঃখিত  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
Norsk  

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

French Name
Meithei  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Meithei  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1700  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
38  
35
18  
16

Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
-  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
nor  

ISO 639 3
mni  
nor  

ISO 639 6
mni  
nor  

Glottocode
mani1292  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
omp  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Meithei and Norwegian Speaking population

Meithei and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Meithei vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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