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Estonian and Meithei


Meithei and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
India, Manipur   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish 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
Finnish   
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
18   
8
15   
5

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
Khurumjari   

Thank You
aitäh   
Yamna nungaijare   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Athengba Ahing   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Nongale haugatl   

Please
Palun   
Chanbiduna   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Saobiganu   

Bye
Head aega   
Chatcharage   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Eina nangbu nungsi   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Loi   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,250,000.00   
19

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
1.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
1.50 million   
99+

Native Name
eesti keel   
মৈইতৈইলোন   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   

French Name
estonien   
Meithei   

German Name
Estnisch   
Meithei   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Meithei people   

History

Origin
13th century   
1700   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Standard Meithei   

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
mni   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
mni   

ISO 639 3
est   
mni   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
mani1292   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omp   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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

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Estonian and Meithei Speaking population

Estonian and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available 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 Estonian and Meithei on Estonian vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Meithei Language Codes

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

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