Maithili and Sinhalese Speaking countries

Maithili vs Sinhalese Countries

Comparing Maithili vs Sinhalese countries gives you idea about number of countries that speak Maithili and Sinhalese languages.

So we find that, total number of countries where Maithili is official language is 2 whereas total number of countries where Sinhalese is official language is 1

Find if Maithili and Sinhalese are Most Spoken Languages. Comparison of Maithili and Sinhalese speaking countries will give you the presence of Maithili and Sinhalese languages in different countries. Along with Maithili vs Sinhalese countries, you can also compare Maithili vs Sinhalese.

Maithili and Sinhalese as Minority Language

In Maithili and Sinhalese speaking countries you will get the countries which have Maithili and Sinhalese as minority language. The language which is spoken by minority of population in the country is called as minority language.

If you want to compare Maithili and Sinhalese dialects, then you can go to Maithili vs Sinhalese Dialects. Some of the official languages are also considered as minority languages.

Maithili and Sinhalese Regulators

Maithili and Sinhalese speaking countries provide you Maithili and Sinhalese regulators which are the official organizations that regulate them. Maithili is not regulated.Sinhalese is regulated by Hela Havula (හෙළ හවුල). Also get to learn, Maithili and Sinhalese Language History.

Maithili and Sinhalese Continents

Thinking about Maithili and Sinhalese continents in which Maithili and Sinhalese speaking countries are present. Check out more information on Maithili and Sinhalese. Most of the Maithili speaking countries lie in Asia. While Sinhalese speaking countries lie in Asia. Continentwise, most of the languages belong to Asian Languages and African Languages. It's always fun to know about interesting facts of any language, so lets discuss about unknown facts of Maithili and Sinhalese languages:

Maithili 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.

Sinhalese Interesting Facts:

• In Sinhalese language, there are many loanwords from Dravidian languages mainly Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch and English.
• Sinhalese language has it own script/ writing system.

The Maithili language was derived from Not Available and is similar to Bhojpuri Language whereas Maithili language is similar to Maldivian Language and derived from Sanskrit Language.