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Maithili and Lithuanian


Lithuanian and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
European Union, Lithuania  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Nepal  
Lithuania  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Poland  

Regulated By
-  
Commission of the Lithuanian Language  

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.
  
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Latvian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
47  
27
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
12  
9

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Sveiki  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Ačiū  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Kaip sekasi?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Labanakt  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Labas vakaras  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Laba diena  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Labas rytas  

Please
kripaya  
Prašom  

Sorry
maf karai  
atsiprašau  

Bye
Alavidā  
Ate  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Aš myliu tave  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Atsiprašau  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Samogitian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Lithuania  

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

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Aukštaitian  

Where They Speak
North India  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Curonian  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Lithuania  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
3,000,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
10  
10

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
3.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
lietuvių kalba  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy  

French Name
maithili  
lituanien  

German Name
Maithili  
Litauisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Lithuanians  

History

Origin
14th century  
c. 1503  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Baltic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Lithuanian  

Language Position
40  
37
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Lithuanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
lt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
lit  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
lit  

ISO 639 3
mai  
lit  

ISO 639 6
mai  
lit  

Glottocode
mait1250  
lith1251  

Linguasphere
No data available  
54-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Maithili and Lithuanian Speaking population

Maithili and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. 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 Lithuanian on Maithili vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Lithuanian Language Codes

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

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