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Maithili and Persian


Persian and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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
-  
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
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
سلام  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
صبح به خیر  

Please
kripaya  
لطفا  

Sorry
maf karai  
متاسف  

Bye
Alavidā  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
47,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
North India  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
12,500,000.00  
33

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
7,900,000.00  
32

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
110.00 million  
7

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  

History

Origin
14th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Persian  

Language Position
40  
37
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
per  

ISO 639 3
mai  
pes  

ISO 639 6
mai  
pers  

Glottocode
mait1250  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
No data available  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Maithili and Persian Speaking population

Maithili and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Maithili vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Persian Language Codes

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

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