Countries
India, Nepal
Assam, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Assam, India
Second Language
Nepal
-
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
-
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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.
- In ancient times, Bodo language was written using Assamese script and Roman script.
- Bodo Language is written using Devanagari script since 1963.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Dimasa language, Garo language, Kokborok language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4745
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
820
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2225
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks34 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
नमस्कार
Thank You
dhanyabad
धन्यवाद
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Nungni khabora ma?
Good Night
Śubharātri
मोजां हर (Mwjang Hor)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
बोडो
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
अन्धानि बार
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
मोजां फुं (Mwjang Fung)
Please
kripaya
अननानै (Onnanwi)
Sorry
maf karai
दु:खित
Bye
Alavidā
Lwrbw
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
अननाइ नों (onnai Nwng)
Excuse Me
kripaya
दु:खित
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
(Sønabari) Western Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madhubani
(Sanzari) Eastern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
North India
Barpeta, Darrang, Kamrup, Nalbari
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.001,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
(Hazari) Southern Boro dialect
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Assam, India, Nepal
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
153
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million0.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million0.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
बड़ो (boṛo)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Bara, Bodi, Boro, Boroni, Kachari, Mech, Meche, Mechi, Meci
French Name
maithili
bodo
German Name
Maithili
Bodo
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[bɔɽo]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Bodo, Mech, (Assamese)
Origin
14th century
1913
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
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Language Position
4030
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Signed Bodo
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
br
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
brx
ISO 639 2/B
mai
brx
ISO 639 3
mai
brx
ISO 639 6
mai
brx
Glottocode
mait1250
bodo1269
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAB
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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