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Maithili and Gujarati


Gujarati and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
India   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
NA   

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.
  
  • Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
  • Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Bengali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
31   
21

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
18 weeks   
4

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
નમસ્તે (namaste)   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
કેમ છો (kem cho?)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)   

Please
kripaya   
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)   

Sorry
maf karai   
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)   

Bye
Alavidā   
બાય (Bāya)   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Kathiyawadi   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Kharwa   

Where They Speak
North India   
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Not Available   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.74 %   
24

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
50.00 million   
22

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi   

French Name
maithili   
goudjrati   

German Name
Maithili   
Gujarati-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Gujaratis   

History

Origin
14th century   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Gujarati   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Modern Gujarati   

Language Position
40   
31
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
gu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
guj   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
guj   

ISO 639 3
mai   
guj   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
guja1252   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Gujarati Speaking population

Maithili and Gujarati speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Gujarati languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Gujarati Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Gujarati language is 0.74 %. 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 Gujarati on Maithili vs Gujarati where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Gujarati Language Codes

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

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