How many people speak Maithili and Bengali?

Maithili vs Bengali Speaking Population

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

Maithili native speakers vs Bengali native speakers

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

Native Names of Maithili and Bengali

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

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

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