Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
India, Nepal
National Language
China, Taiwan
India, Nepal
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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Interesting Facts
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
- 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
Japanese and Korean Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)
pranam
Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Suprabhaat
Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
maf karai
I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Mandarin
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
Nepal
Where They Speak
China, United States of America
North India
Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
Deoghar, France
Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Zhongwen, Hanyu
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
chinois
maithili
German Name
Chinesisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ʈʂʰíŋ] [huà]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Origin
1250 BC
14th century
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Chinese
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
zh
No data available
Glottocode
sini1245
mait1250
Linguasphere
79-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating
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All Chinese 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 Chinese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Chinese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Chinese are spoken in different Chinese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Chinese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Chinese dialects include: Mandarin, Wu. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Chinese and Maithili Speaking population
Chinese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Chinese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Chinese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Chinese 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 Chinese and Maithili on Chinese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Chinese and Maithili Language Codes
Chinese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Chinese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.