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Korean and Maithili


Maithili and Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
22  
12

Scripts
Hangul  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
pranam  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Suprabhaat  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
kripaya  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
maf karai  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Alavidā  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
North India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
77,000,000.00  
7
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
77.00 million  
13
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
coréen  
maithili  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[hangukmal]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Maithil  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
14th century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
12  
11
40  
37

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
mai  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
mai  

ISO 639 6
kor  
mai  

Glottocode
kore1280  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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

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Korean and Maithili Speaking population

Korean and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Korean and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Korean and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 % 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 Korean and Maithili on Korean vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Korean and Maithili Language Codes

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

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