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Hindi and Maithili


Maithili and Hindi


Countries

Countries
Fiji, India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
8  
5

How Many Consonants
33  
23
22  
12

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Khariboli  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
240,000,000.00  
3
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Marwari  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh  
North India  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Bundeli  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Bundelkhand  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
24
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
21  
19
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
380.00 million  
5
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
4.70 %  
5
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
260.00 million  
4
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
120.00 million  
6
2.80 million  
99+

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  

History

Origin
7th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Hindi  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
5  
5
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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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All Hindi 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 Hindi and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Hindi and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Hindi are spoken in different Hindi Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Hindi vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Hindi dialects include: Khariboli, Marwari. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Hindi and Maithili Speaking population

Hindi and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hindi and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Hindi and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 % 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 Hindi and Maithili on Hindi vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hindi and Maithili Language Codes

Hindi and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Hindi and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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