1 Countries
1.1 Countries
South Africa
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
South Africa
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Not Available
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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.
1.9 Similar To
Dutch Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
Dutch Language
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
goeie more
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
Not Available
Chatcharage
3.11 I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Not Available
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Burma, Laos
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Pangal
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Not Available
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Meithei proper
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Namibia
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
19.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
7.10 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Meithei people
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology