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Maithili and Dzongkha


Dzongkha and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Nepal  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
30  
20

Scripts
Devanagari  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
kripaya  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
maf karai  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Alavidā  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
North India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
maithili  
dzongkha  

German Name
Maithili  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
14th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
40  
37
31  
29

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
mai  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
mai  
dzo  

Glottocode
mait1250  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Maithili and Dzongkha Speaking population

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

Maithili and Dzongkha Language Codes

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

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