Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Manipur
National Language
China, Taiwan
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
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Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Khurumjari
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
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Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
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Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Nongale haugatl
Please
请 (Qǐng)
Chanbiduna
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
Saobiganu
Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)
Chatcharage
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
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Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Burma, Laos
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
Bangladesh, India
Dialect 3
Yue
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Speaking Population
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
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Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
chinois
Meithei
German Name
Chinesisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Han
Meithei people
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Meithei
Language Position
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Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
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Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
sini1245
mani1292
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Meithei Speaking population
Chinese and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 % 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 Chinese and Meithei on Chinese vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Meithei Language Codes
Chinese and Meithei language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Meithei Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.