Japanese and Maithili
Countries
Japan
India, Nepal
National Language
Japan
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
Asia
Minority Language
Palau
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
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Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
- 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
Korean Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
pranam
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
Suprabhaat
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
kripaya
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
maf karai
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
Alavidā
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Sanuki
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Kagawa
Nepal
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Hakata
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
North India
Where They Speak
kansai
Deoghar, France
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
日本語
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
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Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
japonais
maithili
German Name
Japanisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
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Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
Maithil
Language Family
Japonic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
No early forms
Standard Forms
Japanese
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ja
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
nucl1643
mait1250
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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All Japanese 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 Japanese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Japanese and Maithili Speaking population
Japanese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Maithili on Japanese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Japanese and Maithili Language Codes
Japanese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Japanese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.