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Maithili and Luri


Luri and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Iran  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Iran  

Second Language
Nepal  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Antartica  

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.
  
Luri language is spoken mainly in western and southwestern Iran.  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Persian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
45  
25

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
40  
29

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
25 weeks  
7

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
hello  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
how are you  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Good night  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Good evening  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Good morning  

Please
kripaya  
Please  

Sorry
maf karai  
sorry  

Bye
Alavidā  
bye  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
i love you  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
excuse me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Feyli lurish  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Eastern Iraq, Western Iran  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
3,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Bakhtiari  

Where They Speak
North India  
Iran  

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

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Laki  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Iran  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.00 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
0.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
89.00 million  
10

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
nanme  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Lori, Luri, Luristani  

French Name
maithili  
louri  

German Name
Maithili  
-  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Lurs  

History

Origin
14th century  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
gd  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
gd  

Language Position
40  
37
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
12  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
lrc  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
lrc  

ISO 639 3
mai  
12  

ISO 639 6
mai  
lrc  

Glottocode
mait1250  
12  

Linguasphere
No data available  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Maithili and Luri Speaking population

Maithili and Luri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Luri languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Luri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Luri language is 0.00 %. 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 Luri on Maithili vs Luri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Luri Language Codes

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

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