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Lithuanian and Maithili


Maithili and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Lithuania  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Poland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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
Latvian  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
32  
14
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
20  
10
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki  
pranam  

Thank You
Ačiū  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Labanakt  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Labas vakaras  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Laba diena  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Labas rytas  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Prašom  
kripaya  

Sorry
atsiprašau  
maf karai  

Bye
Ate  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Aš myliu tave  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Nepal  

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

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
North India  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Curonian  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Lithuania  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
lietuvių kalba  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
lituanien  
maithili  

German Name
Litauisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Lithuanians  
Maithil  

History

Origin
c. 1503  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
Baltic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Lithuanian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
44  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
lt  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
lit  
mai  

ISO 639 3
lit  
mai  

ISO 639 6
lit  
mai  

Glottocode
lith1251  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Lithuanian and Maithili Speaking population

Lithuanian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Lithuanian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Lithuanian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 % 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 Lithuanian and Maithili on Lithuanian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Lithuanian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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