Countries
Fiji, India
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Central Hindi Directorate
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Interesting Facts
- In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
- In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
- 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
Urdu
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4447
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
118
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3322
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
46
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
नमस्ते (Namastē)
pranam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)
Suprabhaat
Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
kripaya
Sorry
खेद (Khēda)
maf karai
Bye
अलविदा (Alavidā)
Alavidā
I Love You
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Khariboli
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh
Nepal
How Many People Speak
240,000,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Marwari
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh
North India
How Many People Speak
22,000,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Bundeli
Khortha
Where They Speak
Bundelkhand
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2115
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
380.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
4.70 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
260.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
120.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
हिन्दी
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
hindi
maithili
German Name
Hindi
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Hindustani people
Maithil
Origin
7th Century
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Hindi
Standard Maithili
Language Position
540
1
120
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Signed Forms
Indian Signing System
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
hi
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hin
mai
ISO 639 2/B
hin
mai
ISO 639 3
hin
mai
ISO 639 6
hins
mai
Glottocode
hind1269
mait1250
Linguasphere
59-AAF-qf
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
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