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Meithei and Finnish


Finnish and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
European Union, Finland   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Estonia, Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Estonia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   
Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, Sweden   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Institute for the Languages of Finland   

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.
  
  • Finnish language has adopted many words from Iranian, Turkic, Baltic, Germanic and Slavic languages.
  • In Finnish language, there are no articles or grammatical gender.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Estonian and Livonian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
15   
5
13   
3

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
Moi   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
Kiitos   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
Mitä kuuluu?   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
hyvää yötä   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Hyvää iltaa   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Hyvää iltapäivää   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
Hyvää huomenta   

Please
Chanbiduna   
haluta   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
Anteeksi   

Bye
Chatcharage   
Heippa   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
Minä rakastan sinua   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Anteeksi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Colloquial Finnish   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Finland   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Rauma   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Finland, Rauma   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Meänkieli   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Finland, Sweden   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
60,000.00   
31

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
5.40 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
0.01 million   
39

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
suomi / suomen kieli   

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

French Name
Meithei   
finnois   

German Name
Meithei   
Finnisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈsuomi]   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
ethnic Finns   

History

Origin
1700   
1543   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Uralic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Finno-Ugric   

Branch
Not Available   
Finnic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Finnic language   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
standard Finnish   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Finnish   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
fi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
fin   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
fin   

ISO 639 3
mni   
fin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
finn1318   

Linguasphere
omp   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Meithei and Finnish Speaking population

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

Meithei and Finnish Language Codes

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

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