How many people speak Maithili and Sinhalese?

Maithili vs Sinhalese Speaking Population

Under how many people speak Maithili and Sinhalese, you will get to compare Maithili vs Sinhalese speaking population. How many people speak Maithili and Sinhalese gives you the number of people speaking Maithili and Sinhalese in terms of percentage and millions. Worldwide, the number of people speaking Maithili language is 32.00 million and number of people speaking Sinhalese language is 16.00 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 Sinhalese is 0.25 %. For more detailed difference check out Maithili vs Sinhalese.

Maithili native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers

How many people speak Maithili and Sinhalese languages tells about Maithili native speakers vs Sinhalese native speakers. The native language is also known as first language. Total 27.00 million people speak Maithili as native language while 16.00 million people speak Sinhalese as native language. You can also go to Maithili vs Sinhalese Dialects and find the total number of dialects in Maithili and Sinhalese language. In some regions, Maithili and Sinhalese languages are used as second language. There are 2.80 million speakers who use Maithili as second language and 2.00 million speakers who use Sinhalese as second language.

Native Names of Maithili and Sinhalese

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

• Maithili alternative names are: Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
• Sinhalese alternative names are: Cingalese, Singhala, Singhalese, Sinhala

The French name of Maithili is maithili whereas German name of Maithili is Maithili. The German name of Sinhalese is Singhalesisch whereas French name of Sinhalese is maithili.