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Maithili and Khasi


Khasi and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Nepal  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

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.
  
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Kumno  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
khublei  

Please
kripaya  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
maf karai  
Map  

Bye
Alavidā  
khublei  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
North India  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
maithili  
khasi  

German Name
Maithili  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
14th century  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Khasi  

Language Position
40  
37
40  
37

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
kha  

ISO 639 3
mai  
kha  

ISO 639 6
mai  
kha  

Glottocode
mait1250  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Maithili and Khasi Speaking population

Maithili and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Khasi on Maithili vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Khasi Language Codes

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

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