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Maithili and Malaysian


Malaysian and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
India, Nepal  
Malaysia  

Second Language
Nepal  
Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Thailand  

Regulated By
-  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka  

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.
  
  • One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
  • Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Indonesian Language  

Derived From
-  
Tamil Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
24  
14

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Hai  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
terima kasih  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Apa khabar?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Selamat Petang  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Selamat tengah hari  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Selamat pagi  

Please
kripaya  
sila  

Sorry
maf karai  
maaf  

Bye
Alavidā  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Saya sayang kamu  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Maafkan saya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Bengkulu  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
1,600,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Pekal  

Where They Speak
North India  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Musi  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
3,100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
24  
20

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
175.00 million  
10

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
98.00 million  
8

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Bahasa melayu  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Bahasa Malaysia  

French Name
maithili  
malais  

German Name
Maithili  
Malaiisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Malaysian people  

History

Origin
14th century  
c. 683 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Pluricentric Standard Malay  

Language Position
40  
37
54  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Malaysian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ms  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
msa  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
may  

ISO 639 3
mai  
zsm  

ISO 639 6
mai  
may  

Glottocode
mait1250  
stan1306  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Maithili and Malaysian Speaking population

Maithili and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Maithili vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Malaysian Language Codes

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

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