1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.4 National Language
China, Guangdong
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.6 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.8 Speaking Continents
1.10 Minority Language
Hawaii
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.12 Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
Not Available
1.14 Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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.
1.17 Similar To
Chinese Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.19 Derived From
Not Available
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3 Alphabets
3.2 Alphabets in
3.3 Alphabets
3.4 Phonology
3.5.2 How Many Vowels
3.5.3 How Many Consonants
3.9 Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali
3.10 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Not Available
3.11 Hard to Learn
3.11.1 Language Levels
3.11.3 Time Taken to Learn
6 Greetings
6.1 Hello
6.2 Thank You
6.3 How Are You?
你好吗？
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
6.4 Good Night
6.5 Good Evening
6.6 Good Afternoon
6.7 Good Morning
6.8 Please
6.9 Sorry
6.10 Bye
6.11 I Love You
6.12 Excuse Me
7 Dialects
7.1 Dialect 1
7.1.1 Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Burma, Laos
7.1.2 How Many People Speak
7.3 Dialect 2
7.3.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bangladesh, India
7.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA273,000.00
700
80000000
7.5 Dialect 3
7.5.1 Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
7.5.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
7.7 Total No. Of Dialects
9 How Many People Speak
9.1 How Many People Speak?
60.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
9.3 Speaking Population
9.5 Native Speakers
52.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
9.5.2 Second Language Speakers
9.5.3 Native Name
9.5.4 Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
9.5.5 French Name
9.5.6 German Name
9.6 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
9.7 Ethnicity
Not Available
Meithei people
10 History
10.1 Origin
10.2 Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
10.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Tibeto-Burman
10.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
10.3 Language Forms
10.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
10.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Meithei
10.3.3 Language Position
11.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
11.4 Scope
Not Available
Not Available
12 Code
12.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
12.2 ISO 639 2
12.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
12.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
12.3 ISO 639 3
12.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
12.5 Glottocode
12.6 Linguasphere
12.7 Types of Language
12.7.1 Language Type
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12.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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12.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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