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Maithili and Sindhi


Sindhi and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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
-  
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

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

Alphabets
47  
27
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
22  
12
42  
31

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Devanagari  

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  
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Upper Sindh  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
25,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
North India  
Central Sindh  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
25,000,000.00  
23

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Lower Sindh  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
25.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.39 %  
36

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
25.00 million  
27

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  

History

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
40  
37
50  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Sindhi  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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

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Maithili and Sindhi Speaking population

Maithili and Sindhi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Sindhi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Sindhi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 %. 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 Sindhi on Maithili vs Sindhi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Sindhi Language Codes

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

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