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Meithei vs Turkish


Turkish vs Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
11  
5

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Turkey  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
-  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
15  
5
21  
11

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
Merhaba  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
মানিপুরি  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
günaydın  

Please
Chanbiduna  
lütfen  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Chatcharage  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
দুঃখিত  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
99+
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
Türkçe  

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

French Name
Meithei  
turc  

German Name
Meithei  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Turkish  

History

Origin
1700  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
38  
35
19  
17

Signed Forms
Meithei Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
-  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
tur  

ISO 639 3
mni  
tur  

ISO 639 6
mni  
tur  

Glottocode
mani1292  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
omp  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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Meithei and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Meithei vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Meithei and Turkish language. History of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700 whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Meithei vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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