Countries
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
Total No. Of Countries
23
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Nepal
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million65.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.41 %0.99 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
27.00 million65.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
2.80 million110.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
maithili
persan
German Name
Maithili
Persisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Persian people