Countries
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Nepal
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Hindi Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4753
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
89
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2241
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
dhanyabad
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
kripaya
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
maf karai
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
Alavidā
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
kripaya
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Nepal
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Saraiki
Where They Speak
North India
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Doabi
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1530
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million154.30 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %1.44 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million100.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million54.30 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
maithili
pendjabi
German Name
Maithili
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Maithil
Punjabis
Origin
14th century
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
4023
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
No data available
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
pan
ISO 639 2/B
mai
pan
ISO 639 3
mai
pan
ISO 639 6
mai
panj
Glottocode
mait1250
panj1256
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional