How many people speak Bengali and Maithili?

Bengali vs Maithili Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Bengali and Maithili, you will get to compare Bengali vs Maithili speaking population. How many people speak Bengali and Maithili gives you the number of people speaking Bengali and Maithili in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Bengali language is 215.00 million and number of people speaking Maithili language is 32.00 million. Find the list of widely spoken languages on Most Spoken Languages. Percentage wise, speaking population of Bengali is 3.11 % and speaking population of Maithili is 0.41 %. For more detailed difference check out Bengali vs Maithili.

Bengali native speakers vs Maithili native speakers

How many people speak Bengali and Maithili languages tells about Bengali native speakers vs Maithili native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 196.00 million people speak Bengali as native language while 27.00 million people speak Maithili as native language. You can also go to Bengali vs Maithili Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Bengali and Maithili language. In some regions, Bengali and Maithili languages are used as second language. There are 19.00 million speakers who use Bengali as second language and 2.80 million speakers who use Maithili as second language.

Native Names of Bengali and Maithili

Native names are used in the Bengali and Maithili Speaking Countries. Both Bengali and Maithili languages have their own native names.Under how many people speak Bengali and Maithili you will get to know the native names of Bengali and Maithili languages. The native name of Bengali is বাংলা (baɛṅlā) and native name of Maithili is मैथिली (mɛtʰilī). The alternative names of Bengali and Maithili languages are as follows:

• Bengali alternative names are: Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
• Maithili alternative names are: Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia

The French name of Bengali is bengali whereas German name of Bengali is Bengali. The German name of Maithili is Maithili whereas French name of Maithili is bengali.