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Meithei vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
East Timor, Indonesia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa   

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Malay language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Malay and Dutch Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
15   
5
19   
9

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
Halo   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
Terima kasih   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
Apa kabar?   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
Selamat Malam   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Malam yang baik   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Selamat Sore   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
Selamat Pagi   

Please
Chanbiduna   
mohon Untuk   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
maaf   

Bye
Chatcharage   
Selamat tinggal   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
Aku cinta kamu   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Permisi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Sundanese   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
38,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Balinese   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
3,300,000.00   
17

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Minangkabau   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Indonesia, Malaysia   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
6,000,000.00   
7

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
46   
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.16 %   
14

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
23.00 million   
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
140.00 million   
4

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
Bahasa Melayu   

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

French Name
Meithei   
indonésien   

German Name
Meithei   
Bahasa Indonesia   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Indonesians   

History

Origin
1700   
7th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Malay   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Indonesian   

Language Position
Not Available   
56   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
id   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
ind   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
ind   

ISO 639 3
mni   
ind   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
indo1316   

Linguasphere
omp   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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Meithei and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Meithei vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Meithei and Indonesian language. History of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700 whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Meithei and Indonesian Language History.

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Meithei and Indonesian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Meithei and Indonesian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Indonesian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Indonesian word for "Thank You" is Terima kasih. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Indonesian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Meithei vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Meithei vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Indonesian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Meithei and Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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