Cantonese and Maithili
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
India, Nepal
National Language
China, Guangdong
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Bhojpuri Language
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Evening
晚上好
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
下午好
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
早上好
Suprabhaat
I Love You
我爱你
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
Nepal
Dialect 2
Xiguan
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
North India
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Khortha
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
Deoghar, France
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
cantonais
maithili
German Name
Kantonesisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Maithil
Origin
17th century
14th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Maithili Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 3
No data available
mai
Glottocode
cant1236
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Maithili Speaking population
Cantonese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Maithili on Cantonese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Maithili Language Codes
Cantonese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.