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Konkani and Maithili


Maithili and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
India   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
Not Available   

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar   
pranam   

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
kaso assa?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Not Available   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Chike   
kripaya   

Sorry
Maf kor   
maf karai   

Bye
Adeus   
Alavidā   

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
upkar korxi   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Goa   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Not present   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
North India   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
1   
1
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
7.40 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
konkani   
maithili   

German Name
Konkani   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
kõkɳi   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Konkanis   
Maithil   

History

Origin
1209 A.D.   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Kokani   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
kok   
mai   

ISO 639 3
kok   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
goan1235   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Konkani and Maithili Speaking population

Konkani and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % 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 Konkani and Maithili on Konkani vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Maithili Language Codes

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

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