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Indonesian vs Maithili


Maithili vs 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   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

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   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Balinese   
Madhubani   

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

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Minangkabau   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00   
7
Not Available   

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 %   
14
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
23.00 million   
34
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million   
4
2.80 million   
33

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Indonesians   
Maithil   

History

Origin
7th Century   
14th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Indonesian   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
56   
99+
40   
31

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
indo1316   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Indonesian and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Maithili language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th Century whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Indonesian and Maithili Language History.

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Indonesian and Maithili Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Indonesian and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Indonesian and Maithili language. Indonesian word for "Hello" is Halo or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Indonesian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Indonesian vs Maithili Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian Alphabets and Maithili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Indonesian and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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