Countries
India, Manipur
  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
China, Taiwan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Indonesia, Malaysia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
  
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
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Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
您好 (Nín hǎo)
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
  
Good Evening
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晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
  
Good Afternoon
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下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
早安 (Zǎo ān)
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
请 (Qǐng)
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
再见 (Zàijiàn)
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
  
Excuse Me
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劳驾 (Láojià)
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Mandarin
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
  
How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Wu
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
China, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00
  
1
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Yue
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
60,000,000.00
  
2
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
1,051.00 million
  
2
Speaking Population
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Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
873.00 million
  
1
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
178.00 million
  
3
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
中文 (zhōngwén)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
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French Name
Meithei
  
chinois
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Chinesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
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Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Han
  
Origin
1700
  
1250 BC
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
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Branch
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Standard Chinese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
zh
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
zho
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
chi
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
zho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
mani1292
  
sini1245
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
79-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
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Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
  
Meithei and Chinese 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 Chinese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Chinese language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Chinese word for "Thank You" is 谢谢 (Xièxiè). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Chinese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Chinese Difficulty
The Meithei vs Chinese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Chinese 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 Chinese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Chinese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Chinese time required is 88 weeks.