Countries
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Nepal
India, Pakistan, Sindh
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
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National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority
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.
- The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
- In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Gujarati
Derived From
-
Prakrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4764
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
810
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2242
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
pranam
Assalam O Alaikum
Thank You
dhanyabad
Meharbani
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Kehra haal aahin
Good Night
Śubharātri
tava kia aayo
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
Sham Jo Salam
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Assalam o Alaikum
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
Subho Bakhair
Please
kripaya
Mehrbani
Sorry
maf karai
Moon khe afsos aahe
Bye
Alavidā
Allah Wahi
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Man tokhe prem karyan ti
Excuse Me
kripaya
Maaf Kajo
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Siraiki
Where They Speak
Nepal
Upper Sindh
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0025,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Vicholi
Where They Speak
North India
Central Sindh
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0025,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
Lari
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Lower Sindh
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0025.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
156
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million29.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.39 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million25.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million25.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
سنڌي
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Sindhi
French Name
maithili
sindhi
German Name
Maithili
Sindhi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[sɪndi]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Sindhi people
Origin
14th century
711 A.D
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Sindhi and Middle Sindhi
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Sindhi
Language Position
4050
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Signed Sindhi
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
sd
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
snd
ISO 639 2/B
mai
snd
ISO 639 3
mai
snd
ISO 639 6
mai
snd
Glottocode
mait1250
sind1272
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
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