Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Nepal
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
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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
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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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
Where They Speak
South Korea
Nepal
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Madhubani
Where They Speak
South Korea
North India
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Khortha
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Deoghar, France
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
Origin
Before 1st century
14th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
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
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
Glottocode
kore1280
mait1250
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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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.
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.