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Irish and Maithili


Maithili and Irish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Ireland   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Ireland   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Ireland   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
United Kingdom   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Foras na Gaeilge   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
  • There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
18   
1
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
13   
3
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Dia dhuit   
pranam   

Thank You
Go raibh maith agat   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Conas atá tú ?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Oíche mhaith   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Tráthnóna maith duit   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Tráthnóna maith duit   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Dia dhuit ar maidin   
Suprabhaat   

Please
le do thoil   
kripaya   

Sorry
Tá brón orm   
maf karai   

Bye
Slán   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Is breá liom thú   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Gabh mo leithscéal   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Connacht Irish   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Connacht   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Munster Irish   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Munster   
North India   

Dialect 3
Ulster Irish   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Ulster   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.79 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
0.14 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
1.65 million   
35
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
irlandais moyen   
maithili   

German Name
Mittelirisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Irish people   
Maithil   

History

Origin
c. 750   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Celtic   
Not Available   

Branch
Goidelic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Irish Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ga   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
gle   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
gle   
mai   

ISO 639 3
gle   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
iris1253   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
50-AAA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Irish and Maithili Speaking population

Irish and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Irish and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Irish and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Irish language is Not Available 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 Irish and Maithili on Irish vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Irish and Maithili Language Codes

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

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