Countries
India, Nepal
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4727
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
86
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2215
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
Khurumjari
Thank You
dhanyabad
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
Śubharātri
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
Nongale haugatl
Please
kripaya
Chanbiduna
Sorry
maf karai
Saobiganu
Bye
Alavidā
Chatcharage
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
kripaya
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Loi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Pangal
Where They Speak
North India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
156
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million1.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million1.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million1.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
maithili
Meithei
German Name
Maithili
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Meithei people
Origin
14th century
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Standard Meithei
Language Position
4038
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
mni
ISO 639 2/B
mai
mni
ISO 639 3
mai
mni
ISO 639 6
mai
mni
Glottocode
mait1250
mani1292
Linguasphere
No data available
omp
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
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