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Khasi vs Maithili


Maithili vs Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not Available   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • 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
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
23   
5
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
14   
4
Not Available   

Scripts
Bengali, Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kumno   
pranam   

Thank You
Khublei   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
thia sukh   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
babha janmiet   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
khublei   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Sngewbha   
kripaya   

Sorry
Map   
maf karai   

Bye
khublei   
Alavidā   

I Love You
ieit ieit   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
map a nga   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Nonglung   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
North India   

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
0.84 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Not Available   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
khasi   
maithili   

German Name
Khasi-Sprache   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khasi people   
Maithil   

History

Origin
Not Available   
14th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Khasi   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
kha   
mai   

ISO 639 3
kha   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khas1269   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Khasi and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Khasi vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Khasi and Maithili language. History of Khasi language states that this language originated in Not Available 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 Khasi and Maithili Language History.

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Khasi 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 Khasi and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khasi and Maithili language. Khasi word for "Hello" is Kumno or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Khasi Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khasi vs Maithili Difficulty

The Khasi vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khasi 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 Khasi and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khasi and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khasi is Not Available while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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