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Meithei and Khmer


Khmer and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
Cambodia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   

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   
Australia, France, United States of America   

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.
  
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
20   
17

How Many Consonants
15   
5
33   
23

Scripts
Bengali   
Khmer   

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   
ND   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
ND   

Good Evening
Not Available   
ND   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
ND   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
ND   

Please
Chanbiduna   
ND   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
ND   

Bye
Chatcharage   
ND   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
ND   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
ND   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Northern Khmer   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
1,400,000.00   
26

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Khmer Krom   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Vietnam   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
1,200,000.00   
24

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Western Khmer   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Cambodia, Thailand   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.24 %   
99+

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   

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

French Name
Meithei   
khmer central   

German Name
Meithei   
Kambodschanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Khmer, Northern Khmer   

History

Origin
1700   
14   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Khmer   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Modern Khmer   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
km   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
khm   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
khm   

ISO 639 3
mni   
khm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
khme1253   

Linguasphere
omp   
Not Available   

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

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Meithei and Khmer Speaking population

Meithei and Khmer speaking population is one of the factors based on which Meithei and Khmer languages can be compared. The total count of Meithei and Khmer Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Meithei language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Khmer language is 0.24 %. 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 Khmer on Meithei vs Khmer where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Meithei and Khmer Language Codes

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

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