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Finnish and Meithei


Meithei and Finnish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland   
India, Manipur   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

Second Language
Estonia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  
  • 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
Estonian and Livonian Languages   
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29   
11
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
13   
3
15   
5

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Moi   
Khurumjari   

Thank You
Kiitos   
Yamna nungaijare   

How Are You?
Mitä kuuluu?   
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   

Good Night
hyvää yötä   
Athengba Ahing   

Good Evening
Hyvää iltaa   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Hyvää iltapäivää   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Hyvää huomenta   
Nongale haugatl   

Please
haluta   
Chanbiduna   

Sorry
Anteeksi   
Saobiganu   

Bye
Heippa   
Chatcharage   

I Love You
Minä rakastan sinua   
Eina nangbu nungsi   

Excuse Me
Anteeksi   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Colloquial Finnish   
Loi   

Where They Speak
Finland   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Rauma   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
Finland, Rauma   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Meänkieli   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
Finland, Sweden   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

How Many People Speak
60,000.00   
31
1,250,000.00   
19

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.40 million   
99+
1.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
0.01 million   
39
Not Available   

Native Name
suomi / suomen kieli   
মৈইতৈইলোন   

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

French Name
finnois   
Meithei   

German Name
Finnisch   
Meithei   

Pronunciation
[ˈsuomi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
ethnic Finns   
Meithei people   

History

Origin
1543   
1700   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Finnic language   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
standard Finnish   
Standard Meithei   

Signed Forms
Signed Finnish   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
fi   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fin   
mni   

ISO 639 2/B
fin   
mni   

ISO 639 3
fin   
mni   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
finn1318   
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, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Finnish and Meithei Speaking population

Finnish and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Finnish and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Finnish and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Finnish 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 Finnish and Meithei on Finnish vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Finnish and Meithei Language Codes

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

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