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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  
-  

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  
-  

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
22  
12

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

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
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
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  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Not present  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
-  
North India  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Not present  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
-  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

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 %  
35

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

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  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Maithil  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
23  
21
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Maithili Sign Language  

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
kok  
mai  

Glottocode
goan1235  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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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