Countries
India, Manipur
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Khurumjari
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Yamna nungaijare
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
Athengba Ahing
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
Not Available
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
Nongale haugatl
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Chanbiduna
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Saobiganu
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
Chatcharage
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Not Available
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Loi
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Burma, Laos
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pangal
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Meithei proper
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
1.50 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
1.50 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
Meithei
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Meithei
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Meithei people
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1700
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Tibeto-Burman
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Meithei
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mni
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
mni
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
mni
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mani1292
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
omp
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Meithei and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Meithei and Vietnamese language. Meithei word for "Hello" is Khurumjari or Vietnamese word for "Thank You" is Cam on. Find more of such common Meithei Greetings and Vietnamese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Meithei vs Vietnamese Difficulty
The Meithei vs Vietnamese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Meithei Alphabets and Vietnamese 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 Vietnamese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Meithei and Vietnamese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Meithei is 44 weeks while to learn Vietnamese time required is 44 weeks.