Countries
India, Nepal
India, Nepal
National Language
India, Nepal
Nepal
Second Language
Nepal
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
People's Republic of China
Regulated By
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Language Academy of Nepal
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.
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Hindi
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
pranam
नमस्ते (namaste)
Thank You
dhanyabad
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good afternoon
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Sorry
maf karai
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Bye
Alavidā
नमस्ते (namaste)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
Excuse Me
kripaya
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Doteli
Where They Speak
Nepal
Nepal
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Bajhangi
Where They Speak
North India
India, Nepal
Dialect 3
Khortha
Baitadeli
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Nepal
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
नेपाली (nēpālī)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
French Name
maithili
népalais
German Name
Maithili
Nepali
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[neˈpali]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Origin
14th century
19 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Nepali
Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Signed Nepali
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
ne
Glottocode
mait1250
nepa1254
Linguasphere
No data available
12
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Agglutinative
All Maithili and Nepali 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 Nepali dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Nepali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Nepali Dialects are spoken in different Nepali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Nepali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Nepali dialects include: Doteli , Bajhangi. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Nepali Speaking population
Maithili and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Maithili vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Nepali Language Codes
Maithili and Nepali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Nepali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.