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Maithili and Greek


Greek and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
India, Nepal  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Nepal  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
-  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Armenian  

Derived From
-  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
22  
12
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
kripaya  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
maf karai  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Alavidā  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Griko  

Where They Speak
North India  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
50,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
13.00 million  
37

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
maithili  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Maithili  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
14th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Hellenic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
40  
37
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
gre  

ISO 639 3
mai  
ell  

ISO 639 6
mai  
ells  

Glottocode
mait1250  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
No data available  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Maithili and Greek Speaking population

Maithili and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Maithili vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Greek Language Codes

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

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