Countries
India, Manipur
Norway
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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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 in
Alphabets
2729
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
69
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1520
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
34
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
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
Dialect 1
Loi
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
Jamtland,Harjedalen
How Many People Speak
5,000.0030,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Pangal
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Sogn
How Many People Speak
273,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.005,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
619
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million5.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
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
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
3818
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language
Signed Norwegian
Scope
-
Macrolanguage
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