Javanese and Maithili
Countries
Indonesia
India, Nepal
National Language
Indonesia
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
Not spoken in any of the countries
Interesting Facts
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
- 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
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Thank You
matur nuwun
dhanyabad
How Are You?
piye kabare?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
wengi sing apik
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Sugeng énjing
Suprabhaat
Please
matur nuwun
kripaya
Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten
maf karai
Bye
Kepanggih malih benjang
Alavidā
I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu
kripaya
Dialect 1
Pekalongan
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Nepal
Dialect 2
Cirebon
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Indonesia
North India
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Deoghar, France
Native Name
basa Jawa
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Djawa, Jawa
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
javanais
maithili
German Name
Javanisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Maithil
Origin
450 AD
14th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Javanese
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Javanese Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
jv
No data available
Glottocode
java1253
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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All Javanese 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 Javanese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Javanese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Javanese are spoken in different Javanese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Javanese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan, Cirebon. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Javanese and Maithili Speaking population
Javanese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Javanese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Javanese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 % 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 Javanese and Maithili on Javanese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Javanese and Maithili Language Codes
Javanese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Javanese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.