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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
-  
-  

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
-  
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
22  
12
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
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  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
46,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Kharwa  

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

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
56,000,000.00  
13

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Surati  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
56,000,000.00  
13

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 %  
35
0.74 %  
25

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
50.00 million  
22

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
55.00 million  
16

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
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Gujaratis  

History

Origin
14th century  
15  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Gujarati  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Modern Gujarati  

Language Position
40  
37
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Gujarati  

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
mai  
guj  

Glottocode
mait1250  
guja1252  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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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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