Countries
India, Nepal
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Indonesia, Island of Madura
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
- Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Malay and Javanese Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2221
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
Halo
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
tolong
Sorry
maf karai
Nyuwun pangapunten
Bye
Alavidā
Pamit
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Kula tresna panjengan
Excuse Me
kripaya
Nuwun séwu
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Kangean
Where They Speak
Nepal
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00110,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Bawean
Where They Speak
North India
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.008,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
Bangkalan
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Indonesia
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
156
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million15.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.23 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million15.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million14.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Madurese
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura
French Name
maithili
madourais
German Name
Maithili
Maduresisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[madura]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Madurese
Origin
14th century
8th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Madurese
Language Position
4069
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Madurese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
mad
ISO 639 2/B
mai
mad
ISO 639 3
mai
mad
ISO 639 6
mai
-
Glottocode
mait1250
madu1247
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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