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Meithei and Norwegian


Norwegian and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Norway   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
15   
5
20   
10

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
hallo   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
takk   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
god natt   

Good Evening
Not Available   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
god morgen   

Please
Chanbiduna   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
unnskyld   

Bye
Chatcharage   
ha det   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
Norsk   

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

French Name
Meithei   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Meithei   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1700   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
nor   

ISO 639 3
mni   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
omp   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Meithei and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Meithei and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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