Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
vänligen
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
hej då
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
suédois
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard Meithei
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
omp
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Swedish 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 Swedish and Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Meithei language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Meithei Difficulty
The Swedish vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.