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Madurese vs Maithili


Maithili vs Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura  
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
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Malay and Javanese Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
pranam  

Thank You
matur nuwun  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
piye kabare?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
wengi sing apik  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing  
Suprabhaat  

Please
tolong  
kripaya  

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten  
maf karai  

Bye
Pamit  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
110,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Bawean  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
North India  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
40
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Bangkalan  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
6  
6
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Madurese  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
madourais  
maithili  

German Name
Maduresisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[madura]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Madurese  
Maithil  

History

Origin
8th Century AD  
14th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Madurese  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
69  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Madurese Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mad  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
mad  
mai  

ISO 639 3
mad  
mai  

ISO 639 6
-  
mai  

Glottocode
madu1247  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Madurese and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Madurese vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Madurese and Maithili language. History of Madurese language states that this language originated in 8th Century AD whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Madurese and Maithili Language History.

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Madurese and Maithili Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Madurese and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Madurese and Maithili language. Madurese word for "Hello" is Halo or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Madurese Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Madurese vs Maithili Difficulty

The Madurese vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Madurese Alphabets and Maithili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Madurese and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Madurese and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Madurese is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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