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Norwegian and Meithei


Meithei and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway   
India, Manipur   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Norway   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Nynorsk   
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages   
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
20   
10
15   
5

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Khurumjari   

Thank You
takk   
Yamna nungaijare   

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?   
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   

Good Night
god natt   
Athengba Ahing   

Good Evening
god kveld   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag   
Not Available   

Good Morning
god morgen   
Nongale haugatl   

Please
Vær så snill   
Chanbiduna   

Sorry
unnskyld   
Saobiganu   

Bye
ha det   
Chatcharage   

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg   
Eina nangbu nungsi   

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic   
Loi   

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
30,000.00   
99+
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Sognamål   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
Sogn   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,250,000.00   
19

Total No. Of Dialects
19   
17
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.00 million   
99+
1.50 million   
99+

Native Name
Norsk   
মৈইতৈইলোন   

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

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   
Meithei   

German Name
Nynorsk   
Meithei   

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Norwegians   
Meithei people   

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD   
1700   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål   
Standard Meithei   

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
no   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor   
mni   

ISO 639 2/B
nor   
mni   

ISO 639 3
nor   
mni   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
norw1258   
mani1292   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   
omp   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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All Norwegian and Meithei Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Norwegian and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Norwegian and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Norwegian are spoken in different Norwegian Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Norwegian vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic, Sognamål. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Norwegian and Meithei Speaking population

Norwegian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Norwegian and Meithei on Norwegian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Meithei Language Codes

Norwegian and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Norwegian and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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