Countries
India, Manipur
  
South Africa
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
South Africa
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Namibia, South Africa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Dutch Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Dutch Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
hallo
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Dankie
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Hoe gaan dit
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
goeie nag
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Goeienaand
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Goeie middag
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
goeie more
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
asseblief
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
jammer
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Ek het jou lief
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Verskoon my
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Baster Afrikaans
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Namibia
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
7.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.30 million
  
22
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Afrikaans
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Cape Dutch
  
French Name
Meithei
  
afrikaans
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Afrikaans
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Afrikaners
  
Origin
1700
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Standard Afrikaans
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
af
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
afr
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
afr
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
afr
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
afrs
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
afri1274
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
52-ACB-ba
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic
  
Meithei and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Meithei and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Afrikaans language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Meithei vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Meithei and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.