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Meithei and Arabic


Arabic and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
23   
4

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
15   
5
28   
18

Scripts
Bengali   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Not Available   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
صباح الخير   

Please
Chanbiduna   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
آسف   

Bye
Chatcharage   
وداعا   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
Meithei   
arabe   

German Name
Meithei   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1700   
512 CE   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
ara   

ISO 639 3
mni   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
omp   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Meithei and Arabic Speaking population

Meithei and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Meithei and Arabic on Meithei vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Arabic Language Codes

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

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