Countries
Norway
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Norway
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe, South America
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Nynorsk
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Swedish and Danish Languages
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
takk
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
hvordan har du det?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
god natt
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
god kveld
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
god morgen
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Vær så snill
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
unnskyld
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
ha det
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
unnskyld meg
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Jamtlandic
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen
  
Burma, Laos
  
Dialect 2
Sognamål
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Sogn
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
5.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
Norsk
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Norsk
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Nynorsk
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian)
[nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Norwegians
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
c. 1300 AD
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
no
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nor
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
nor
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
nor
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
norw1258
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Norwegian and Meithei 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 Norwegian and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Norwegian and Meithei language. Norwegian word for "Hello" is hallo or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Norwegian Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Norwegian vs Meithei Difficulty
The Norwegian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Norwegian Alphabets and Meithei 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 Norwegian and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Norwegian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Norwegian is 24 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.