Countries
India, Nepal
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Philippines
Second Language
Nepal
Philippines
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
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Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4721
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2216
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
Hoy
Thank You
dhanyabad
Salamat
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
Śubharātri
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
Maayong Buntag
Please
kripaya
Palihug
Sorry
maf karai
Ikasubo ko
Bye
Alavidā
Babay
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
kripaya
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Boholano
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bohol
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
North India
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khortha
North Kana
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
154
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million20.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million14.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Visayan
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
maithili
cebuano
German Name
Maithili
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Cebuano people
Origin
14th century
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
4062
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
mai
ceb
ISO 639 3
mai
ceb
ISO 639 6
mai
ceb
Glottocode
mait1250
cebu1242
Linguasphere
No data available
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
-