Maithili and Javanese
Countries
India, Nepal
Indonesia
National Language
India, Nepal
Indonesia
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname
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.
- The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
- The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Javanese, Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dhanyabad
matur nuwun
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
piye kabare?
Good Night
Śubharātri
wengi sing apik
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
Sugeng sọnten
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Sugeng siang
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
Sugeng énjing
Please
kripaya
matur nuwun
Sorry
maf karai
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Alavidā
Kepanggih malih benjang
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
kripaya
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Pekalongan
Where They Speak
Nepal
Indonesia
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Cirebon
Where They Speak
North India
Indonesia
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Indonesia
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
basa Jawa
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Djawa, Jawa
French Name
maithili
javanais
German Name
Maithili
Javanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[dʒɑˈʋɑnɛs]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)
Origin
14th century
450 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Javanese
Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Javanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
jv
Glottocode
mait1250
java1253
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
All Maithili and Javanese 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 Javanese dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Javanese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Javanese Dialects are spoken in different Javanese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Javanese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Javanese dialects include: Pekalongan , Cirebon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Javanese Speaking population
Maithili and Javanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Javanese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Javanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Javanese language is 1.25 %. 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 Javanese on Maithili vs Javanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Javanese Language Codes
Maithili and Javanese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Javanese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.