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Maithili and Cantonese


Cantonese and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Nepal  
China, Guangdong  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
-  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
您好  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
晚安  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
下午好  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
早上好  

Please
kripaya  
请  

Sorry
maf karai  
遗憾  

Bye
Alavidā  
再见  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
outside mainland China  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
71,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
North India  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
71,000,000.00  
11

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Hong Kong  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
70,000,000.00  
10

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
52.00 million  
21

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
71.00 million  
15

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
maithili  
cantonais  

German Name
Maithili  
Kantonesisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Han Chinese  

History

Origin
14th century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
40  
37
1  
1

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Cantonese  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
yue  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
yue  

ISO 639 3
mai  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
mai  
yue  

Glottocode
mait1250  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Maithili and Cantonese Speaking population

Maithili and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Maithili and Cantonese on Maithili vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Cantonese Language Codes

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

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