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Maithili and Norwegian


Norwegian and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Norway  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
9  
6

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
hallo  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
takk  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
god natt  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
god morgen  

Please
kripaya  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
maf karai  
unnskyld  

Bye
Alavidā  
ha det  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
North India  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Norsk  

French Name
maithili  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Maithili  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
14th century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
40  
37
18  
16

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
nor  

ISO 639 3
mai  
nor  

ISO 639 6
mai  
nor  

Glottocode
mait1250  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Maithili and Norwegian Speaking population

Maithili and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Maithili vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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