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Maithili and Dutch


Dutch and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
India, Nepal  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Nepal  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
-  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Hallo  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
goedemorgen  

Please
kripaya  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
maf karai  
sorry  

Bye
Alavidā  
vaarwel  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
North India  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
maithili  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Maithili  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
14th century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
40  
37
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
dut  

ISO 639 3
mai  
nld  

ISO 639 6
mai  
nld  

Glottocode
mait1250  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Maithili and Dutch Speaking population

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

Maithili and Dutch Language Codes

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

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