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Maithili and Sanskrit


Sanskrit and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
India   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
  • Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Old German Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Prakrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
20 weeks   
5

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
शुभः सायंकालः   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
शुभ दुपार   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)   

Please
kripaya   
कृपया (kripayā)   

Sorry
maf karai   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Bye
Alavidā   
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Not present   

Where They Speak
North India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
0   

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
Not Available   

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
14.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Not Available   

French Name
maithili   
sanskrit   

German Name
Maithili   
Sanskrit   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[səmskr̩t̪əm]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14th century   
2000 B.C.   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Vedic Sanskrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Sanskrit   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
san   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
san   

ISO 639 3
mai   
san   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
sans1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Ancient   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Maithili and Sanskrit Speaking population

Maithili and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Maithili vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Sanskrit Language Codes

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

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