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Javanese and Meithei


Meithei and Javanese


Countries

Countries
Indonesia   
India, Manipur   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Indonesia   
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
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  
  • 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
6   
3

How Many Consonants
21   
11
15   
5

Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   
Bengali   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
Khurumjari   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
Yamna nungaijare   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Athengba Ahing   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
Not Available   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Nongale haugatl   

Please
Not Available   
Chanbiduna   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
Saobiganu   

Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang   
Chatcharage   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
Eina nangbu nungsi   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
Not Available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pekalongan   
Loi   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Burma, Laos   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Cirebon   
Pangal   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
273,000.00   
32

Dialect 3
Arekan   
Meithei proper   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
16   
15
6   
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
82.00 million   
19
1.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.25 %   
13
Not Available   

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
1.50 million   
99+

Native Name
basa Jawa   
মৈইতৈইলোন   

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

French Name
javanais   
Meithei   

German Name
Javanisch   
Meithei   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   
Meithei people   

History

Origin
450 AD   
1700   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Tibeto-Burman   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Javanese   
Standard Meithei   

Language Position
11   
10
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
jv   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jav   
mni   

ISO 639 2/B
jav   
mni   

ISO 639 3
jav   
mni   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
java1253   
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 Javanese 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 Javanese and Meithei dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Meithei language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Meithei Dialects are spoken in different Meithei speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Meithei Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Meithei dialects include: Loi , Pangal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Javanese and Meithei Speaking population

Javanese and Meithei speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Meithei languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Meithei Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Meithei on Javanese vs Meithei where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Javanese and Meithei Language Codes

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

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