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Maithili and Danish


Danish and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
India, Nepal  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

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.
  
  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
20  
17

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Hallo  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
God nat  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
God morgen  

Please
kripaya  
Please  

Sorry
maf karai  
Undskyld!  

Bye
Alavidā  
Farvel  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
North India  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
maithili  
danois  

German Name
Maithili  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
14th century  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Rigsdansk  

Language Position
40  
37
18  
16

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
dan  

ISO 639 3
mai  
dan  

ISO 639 6
mai  
dan  

Glottocode
mait1250  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
No data available  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Maithili and Danish Speaking population

Maithili and Danish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Danish languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Danish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Danish language is 0.07 %. 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 Danish on Maithili vs Danish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Danish Language Codes

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

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