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Meithei and German


German and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
7  
8

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Germany  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
North Dakota, United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Council for German Orthography  

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Albanian Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
15  
5
9  
1

Scripts
Bengali  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
30 weeks  
9

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
hallo  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
Danke  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
Wie geht es dir?  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
gute Nacht  

Good Evening
Not Available  
guten Abend  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
guten Tag  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
guten Morgen  

Please
Chanbiduna  
bitte  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
Verzeihung  

Bye
Chatcharage  
Tschüs  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
Ich liebe dich  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Entschuldigung  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Swiss German  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Switzerland  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
18

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Swabian German  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Germany  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
32
820,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Texas German  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Texas  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
19
6,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
28  
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
229.00 million  
8

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.39 %  
12

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
101.00 million  
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
128.00 million  
5

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
Deutsch  

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

French Name
Meithei  
allemand  

German Name
Meithei  
Deutsch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Germans  

History

Origin
1700  
6th Century AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  

Language Position
Not Available  
9  
9

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed German  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
de  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
deu  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
ger  

ISO 639 3
mni  
deu  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
deus  

Glottocode
mani1292  
high1287, uppe1397  

Linguasphere
omp  
52-ACB–dl & -dm  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Meithei and German Speaking population

Meithei and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and German languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Meithei vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and German Language Codes

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

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