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Meithei vs Konkani


Konkani vs Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
India  

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  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
15  
5
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
মানিপুরি  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Chanbiduna  
Chike  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
Maf kor  

Bye
Chatcharage  
Adeus  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
দুঃখিত  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
Meithei  
konkani  

German Name
Meithei  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1700  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Kokani  

Language Position
38  
35
23  
21

Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
-  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
kok  

ISO 639 3
mni  
kok  

ISO 639 6
mni  
kok  

Glottocode
mani1292  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
omp  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Meithei and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Meithei vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Meithei and Konkani language. History of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700 whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Konkani Language History.

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Meithei and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Konkani language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Meithei vs Konkani Difficulty

The Meithei vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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