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Meithei vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
China, Mongolia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
China, Mongolia   

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   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)   

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

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

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
35   
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
13   
10

How Many Consonants
15   
5
20   
10

Scripts
Bengali   
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Khurumjari   
Сайн уу (Sain uu)   

Thank You
Yamna nungaijare   
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)   

How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?   
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)   

Good Night
Athengba Ahing   
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)   

Good Evening
Not Available   
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)   

Good Morning
Nongale haugatl   
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)   

Please
Chanbiduna   
Хэрэв (Kherev)   

Sorry
Saobiganu   
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)   

Bye
Chatcharage   
Баяртай (Bayartai)   

I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi   
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)   

Excuse Me
Not Available   
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Khalkha Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Ordos Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Mongolia   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
123,000.00   
34

Dialect 3
Meithei proper   
Khorchin Mongolian   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India   
Mongolia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
8   
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
1.50 million   
99+
5.70 million   
99+

Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন   
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)   

Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna   
Not Available   

French Name
Meithei   
mongol   

German Name
Meithei   
Mongolisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/   

Ethnicity
Meithei people   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1700   
1224-1225   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Mongolic family   

Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman   
Mongolian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian   

Standard Forms
Standard Meithei   
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Mongolian Sign Language   

Scope
Not Available   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
mn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mni   
mon   

ISO 639 2/B
mni   
mon   

ISO 639 3
mni   
mon   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mani1292   
mong1331   

Linguasphere
omp   
part of 44-BAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Meithei and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Meithei vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Meithei and Mongolian language. History of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700 whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Meithei and Mongolian Language History.

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Meithei and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Mongolian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Meithei vs Mongolian Difficulty

The Meithei vs Mongolian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Mongolian 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 Mongolian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Mongolian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Mongolian time required is 44 weeks.

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