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Meithei vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India, Manipur  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
9  
1
15  
5

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Khurumjari  

Thank You
Danke  
Yamna nungaijare  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Athengba Ahing  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
Not Available  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
Not Available  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Nongale haugatl  

Please
bitte  
Chanbiduna  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Saobiganu  

Bye
Tschüs  
Chatcharage  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Eina nangbu nungsi  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Loi  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Burma, Laos  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Pangal  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
273,000.00  
32

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Meithei proper  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
1,250,000.00  
19

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
1.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
1.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
Not Available  

Native Name
Deutsch  
মৈইতৈইলোন  

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

French Name
allemand  
Meithei  

German Name
Deutsch  
Meithei  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Meithei people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1700  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Tibeto-Burman  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Standard Meithei  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
mni  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
mni  

ISO 639 3
deu  
mni  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
mani1292  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
omp  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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German and Meithei Language History

Comparison of German vs Meithei language history gives us differences between origin of German and Meithei language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century 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 German and Meithei Language History.

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

German vs Meithei Difficulty

The German vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.

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