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Burmese vs Meithei


Meithei vs Burmese


Countries

Countries
Myanmar  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Myanmar  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Burma  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Mon  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Myanmar Language Commission  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
  • It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
  
  • 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
Thai Language  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Pali Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33  
15
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
6  
3

How Many Consonants
33  
23
15  
5

Scripts
Tangut  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)  
Not Available  

Good Morning
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)  
Saobiganu  

Bye
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Arakanese  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
2,000,000.00  
24
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tavoyan  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Myanmar  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
30
273,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Intha  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Burma  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
30
1,250,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
43.00 million  
30
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.50 %  
29
Not Available  

Native Speakers
33.00 million  
28
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
23
Not Available  

Native Name
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

Alternative Names
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  

French Name
birman  
Meithei  

German Name
Birmanisch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Bamar people  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
1113 AD  
1700  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Burmese  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
43  
32
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Burmese sign language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
my  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mya  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
bur  
mni  

ISO 639 3
mya  
mni  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
sout3159  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
No data available  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Not Available  

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Burmese and Meithei Language History

Comparison of Burmese vs Meithei language history gives us differences between origin of Burmese and Meithei language. History of Burmese language states that this language originated in 1113 AD whereas history of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700. 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 Burmese and Meithei Language History.

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Burmese and Meithei 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 Burmese and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Burmese and Meithei language. Burmese word for "Hello" is မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar) or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Burmese Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Burmese vs Meithei Difficulty

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

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