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Maithili and Japanese


Japanese and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Japan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Japan  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Pacific  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Palau  

Regulated By
-  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  

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.
  
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Korean Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
99  
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kana  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
88 weeks  
19

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
ありがとう (Arigatō)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
おはよう (Ohayō)  

Please
kripaya  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  

Sorry
maf karai  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  

Bye
Alavidā  
さようなら (Sayōnara)  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
すみません (Sumimasen)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Sanuki  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Kagawa  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
1,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Hakata  

Where They Speak
North India  
Fukuoka  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
127,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Kansai  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
kansai  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
127,000,000.00  
4

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
31  
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
128.00 million  
14

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
1.90 %  
10

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
128.00 million  
9

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
日本語  

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

French Name
maithili  
japonais  

German Name
Maithili  
Japanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Japanese (Yamato)  

History

Origin
14th century  
1185  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Japonic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Japanese  

Language Position
40  
37
8  
8

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Japanese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ja  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
jpn  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
jpn  

ISO 639 3
mai  
jpn  

ISO 639 6
mai  
jpn  

Glottocode
mait1250  
nucl1643  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-CAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative, Synthetic  

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

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Maithili and Japanese Speaking population

Maithili and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Maithili vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Japanese Language Codes

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

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