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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  
-  

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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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 44 weeks.

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