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Assamese and Maithili


Maithili and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Bengali and Oriya  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
41  
30
22  
12

Scripts
Bengali  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
pranam  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
Suprabhaat  

Please
anugroha kori  
kripaya  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
maf karai  

Bye
biḍai  
Alavidā  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
North India  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Assam  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
15.30 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
assamais  
maithili  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
65  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
mai  

ISO 639 3
asm  
mai  

ISO 639 6
asm  
mai  

Glottocode
assa1263  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Assamese and Maithili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Assamese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Assamese and Maithili Speaking population

Assamese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Assamese and Maithili on Assamese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Maithili Language Codes

Assamese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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