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Indonesian and Maithili


Maithili and Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
pranam  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Suprabhaat  

Please
mohon Untuk  
kripaya  

Sorry
maaf  
maf karai  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
North India  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
indonésien  
maithili  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Maithil  

History

Origin
7th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
56  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
mai  

ISO 639 3
ind  
mai  

ISO 639 6
ind  
mai  

Glottocode
indo1316  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Indonesian and Maithili Speaking population

Indonesian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Indonesian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Indonesian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Indonesian language is 1.16 % 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 Indonesian and Maithili on Indonesian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Indonesian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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