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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
-  
-  

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  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
-  
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
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
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
35,000,000.00  
21
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
North India  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
2,500,000.00  
99+

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 %  
35
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
English  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
English  

French Name
maithili  
anglais  

German Name
Maithili  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
English people  

History

Origin
14th century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

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  
37
3  
3

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
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
mai  
engs  

Glottocode
mait1250  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
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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