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Japanese vs Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
15  
5
14  
4

Scripts
Bengali  
Kana  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

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
5,000.00  
99+
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

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  
-  

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
38  
35
8  
8

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
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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Meithei and Japanese Language History

Comparison of Meithei vs Japanese language history gives us differences between origin of Meithei and Japanese language. History of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700 whereas history of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185. 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 Japanese Language History.

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Meithei and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Japanese language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Meithei vs Japanese Difficulty

The Meithei vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.

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