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Maithili and Cebuano


Cebuano and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Philippines   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Island of Cebu   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
16   
6

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
3 weeks   
1

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Boholano   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Bohol   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Southern Kana   

Where They Speak
North India   
southern Leyte   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
North Kana   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
northern part of Leyte   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
Not Available   

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
21.00 million   
36

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
14.50 million   
19

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Cebuano people   

History

Origin
14th century   
16th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Standard Cebuano   

Language Position
40   
31
62   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
cebu1242   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Verb-Subject-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Cebuano Speaking population

Maithili and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Maithili vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Cebuano Language Codes

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

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