Countries
India, Manipur
  
Norway
  
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 in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Norwegian-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
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Jamtlandic
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
Sognamål
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Sogn
  
How Many People Speak
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
Meithei and Norwegian 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 Norwegian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Norwegian language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Norwegian word for "Thank You" is takk. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Norwegian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Norwegian Difficulty
The Meithei vs Norwegian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Norwegian 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 Norwegian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Norwegian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Norwegian time required is 24 weeks.