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Maithili and English


English and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
India, Nepal   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Nepal   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Hello   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
How are you?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
Good Night   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Good Morning   

Please
kripaya   
Please   

Sorry
maf karai   
Sorry   

Bye
Alavidā   
Bye   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
I love you   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
American English   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
North India   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
English   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Not Available   

French Name
maithili   
anglais   

German Name
Maithili   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14th century   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Standard English   

Language Position
40   
31
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
eng   

ISO 639 3
mai   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
mait1250   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Maithili and English Speaking population

Maithili and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and English languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Maithili vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and English Language Codes

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

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