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Meithei and Serbian


Serbian and Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
15  
5
25  
15

Scripts
Bengali  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Athengba Ahing  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Not Available  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Not Available  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Chanbiduna  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Saobiganu  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Chatcharage  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Not Available  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Pangal  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
273,000.00  
32
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Meithei proper  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00  
19
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

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

French Name
Meithei  
serbe  

German Name
Meithei  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Meithei people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1700  
11th Century  

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Not Available  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
mni  
srp  

ISO 639 3
mni  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mani1292  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
omp  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Meithei and Serbian Speaking population

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

Meithei and Serbian Language Codes

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

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