Countries
India
India, Nepal
National Language
India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
- 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 Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
નમસ્તે (namaste)
pranam
Thank You
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
Suprabhaat
Please
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
kripaya
Sorry
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
maf karai
I Love You
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Kathiyawadi
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
Nepal
Dialect 2
Kharwa
Madhubani
Where They Speak
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
North India
Where They Speak
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Deoghar, France
Native Name
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
goudjrati
maithili
German Name
Gujarati-Sprache
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Gujaratis
Maithil
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Gujarati
No early forms
Standard Forms
Modern Gujarati
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Signed Gujarati
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
gu
No data available
Glottocode
guja1252
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Gujarati 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 Gujarati and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Gujarati and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Gujarati are spoken in different Gujarati Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Gujarati vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Gujarati dialects include: Kathiyawadi, Kharwa. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Gujarati and Maithili Speaking population
Gujarati and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Gujarati and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Gujarati and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 % 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 Gujarati and Maithili on Gujarati vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Gujarati and Maithili Language Codes
Gujarati and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Gujarati and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.