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Meithei vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Meithei


Countries

Countries
India, Manipur   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

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

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

Alphabets
27   
9
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
9   
6

How Many Consonants
15   
5
20   
10

Scripts
Bengali   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Loi   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Burma, Laos   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
5,000.00   
99+
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Pangal   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
273,000.00   
32
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
19   
17

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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   

Code

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   

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Meithei and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Meithei vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Meithei and Norwegian language. History of Meithei language states that this language originated in 1700 whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 AD. 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 Norwegian Language History.

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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.

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