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Maithili vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
2  
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
pranam  

Thank You
Thank you  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
How are you?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Good Night  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Please  
kripaya  

Sorry
Sorry  
maf karai  

Bye
Bye  
Alavidā  

I Love You
I love you  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
4
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
North India  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
English  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
English  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
anglais  
maithili  

German Name
Englisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
English people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
3  
3
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
mai  

ISO 639 3
eng  
mai  

ISO 639 6
engs  
mai  

Glottocode
stan1293  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
-  

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English and Maithili Language History

Comparison of English vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of English and Maithili language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on English and Maithili Language History.

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English and Maithili 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 English and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Maithili language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common English Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

English vs Maithili Difficulty

The English vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of English Alphabets and Maithili 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 English and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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