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Meithei and Javanese


Javanese and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Indonesia  

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  
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
15  
5
21  
11

Scripts
Bengali  
Arabic, Javanese, 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
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
Halo  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
matur nuwun  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
piye kabare?  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
wengi sing apik  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Sugeng sọnten  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Sugeng siang  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
Sugeng énjing  

Please
Chanbiduna  
Not Available  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
Nyuwun pangapunten  

Bye
Chatcharage  
Kepanggih malih benjang  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
Kula tresna panjengan  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Nuwun séwu  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Pekalongan  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Cirebon  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Arekan  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Indonesia  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
16  
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.50 million  
99+
82.00 million  
19

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.25 %  
13

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
76.00 million  
13

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
basa Jawa  

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

French Name
Meithei  
javanais  

German Name
Meithei  
Javanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)  

History

Origin
1700  
450 AD  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Javanese  

Language Position
Not Available  
11  
10

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
jv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
jav  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
jav  

ISO 639 3
mni  
jav  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mani1292  
java1253  

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  

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

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Meithei and Javanese Speaking population

Meithei and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Meithei vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Javanese Language Codes

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

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