Countries
India, Manipur
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
Hawaii
Regulated By
Not Available
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Chinese Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
谢谢
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
你好吗？
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
晚安
Good Evening
Not Available
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Not Available
下午好
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
早上好
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
我爱你
Excuse Me
Not Available
原谅我
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
outside mainland China
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Hong Kong
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
Meithei
Not Available
German Name
Meithei
Not Available
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Meithei people
Not Available
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Not Available
Not Available
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2/T
mni
Not Available
ISO 639 2/B
mni
Not Available
ISO 639 3
mni
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mani1292
cant1236
Linguasphere
omp
No data available
Language Type
Not Available
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Meithei and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Meithei and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Meithei are spoken in different Meithei Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Meithei vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Meithei dialects include: Loi, Pangal. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Meithei and Cantonese Speaking population
Meithei and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Meithei vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Meithei and Cantonese Language Codes
Meithei and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Meithei and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.