Countries
India, Nepal
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Nepal
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4751
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2240
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
pranam
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
dhanyabad
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
kripaya
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
maf karai
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Alavidā
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
kripaya
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Chakma
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Hajong
Where They Speak
North India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
Rarhi
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
India
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1525
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million19.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
maithili
bengali
German Name
Maithili
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
14th century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Bengali
Language Position
404
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
ben
ISO 639 2/B
mai
ben
ISO 639 3
mai
ben
ISO 639 6
mai
ben
Glottocode
mait1250
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-