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Meithei and Gujarati


Gujarati and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
India   

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   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
15   
5
31   
21

Scripts
Bengali   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
Chanbiduna   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
Chatcharage   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
50.00 million   
22

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
Meithei   
goudjrati   

German Name
Meithei   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
1700   
15   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
guj   

ISO 639 3
mni   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
omp   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Meithei and Gujarati Speaking population

Meithei and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Meithei vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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