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Gujarati and Meithei


Meithei and Gujarati


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Manipur   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
India   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   

Regulated By
NA   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Bengali Language   
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
31   
21
15   
5

Scripts
Devanagari   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
18 weeks   
4
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)   
Khurumjari   

Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   
Yamna nungaijare   

How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   

Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   
Athengba Ahing   

Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   
Not Available   

Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   
Nongale haugatl   

Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   
Chanbiduna   

Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   
Saobiganu   

Bye
બાય (Bāya)   
Chatcharage   

I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   
Eina nangbu nungsi   

Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi   
Loi   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Kharwa   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Not Available   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
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?
60.00 million   
27
1.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.74 %   
24
Not Available   

Native Speakers
50.00 million   
22
1.50 million   
99+

Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   
মৈইতৈইলোন   

Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   

French Name
goudjrati   
Meithei   

German Name
Gujarati-Sprache   
Meithei   

Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Gujaratis   
Meithei people   

History

Origin
15   
1700   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Gujarati   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati   
Standard Meithei   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
gu   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
guj   
mni   

ISO 639 2/B
guj   
mni   

ISO 639 3
guj   
mni   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
guja1252   
mani1292   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omp   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Gujarati and Meithei Speaking population

Gujarati and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Meithei on Gujarati vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Gujarati and Meithei Language Codes

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

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