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Meithei and Chinese


Chinese and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
5  
10

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
China, Taiwan  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
24  
19

How Many Consonants
15  
5
23  
13

Scripts
Bengali  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Chanbiduna  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
Chatcharage  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
32
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
19
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna  
Not Available  

French Name
Meithei  
chinois  

German Name
Meithei  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Han  

History

Origin
1700  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
chi  

ISO 639 3
mni  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mani1292  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
omp  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Meithei and Chinese Speaking population

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

Meithei and Chinese Language Codes

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

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