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Vietnamese and Meithei


Meithei and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Vietnam  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37  
19
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
21  
11
15  
5

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
Cam on  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
মানিপুরি  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
xin vui lòng  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Saobiganu  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
দুঃখিত  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
273,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
1,250,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
vietnamien  
Meithei  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[ˈmeɪteɪ]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
1700  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
14  
13
38  
35

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Meithei Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
mni  

ISO 639 3
vie  
mni  

ISO 639 6
vie  
mni  

Glottocode
viet1252  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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All Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Vietnamese and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Vietnamese are spoken in different Vietnamese Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Vietnamese vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Vietnamese dialects include: Northern Vietnamese, North-central Vietnamese. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Vietnamese and Meithei Speaking population

Vietnamese and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Meithei language is 0.01 %. 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 Vietnamese and Meithei on Vietnamese vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Meithei Language Codes

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

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