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Japanese vs Maithili


Maithili vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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  
-  

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
14  
4
22  
12

Scripts
Kana  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
North India  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
japonais  
maithili  

German Name
Japanisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Maithil  

History

Origin
1185  
14th century  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
8  
8
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
mai  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
mai  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
mai  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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Japanese and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Maithili language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 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 Japanese and Maithili Language History.

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Japanese 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 Japanese and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Maithili language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Japanese vs Maithili Difficulty

The Japanese vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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