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Maithili and Tagalog


Tagalog and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Second Language
Nepal  
Filipinos  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Australia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
-  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  

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.
  
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
25  
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
18  
8

Scripts
Devanagari  
Baybayin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Kamusta  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Salamat po  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Kamusta ka na?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Magandang gabi  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Magandang gabi po  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Magandang hapon po  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Magandang umaga po  

Please
kripaya  
pakiusap  

Sorry
maf karai  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Alavidā  
Paálam  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Iniibig kita  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Batangas Tagalog  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Batangas, Gabon  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Bisalog  

Where They Speak
North India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
28,000,000.00  
22

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Filipino  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
90,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
73.00 million  
24

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Tagalog  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Filipino, Pilipino  

French Name
maithili  
tagalog  

German Name
Maithili  
Tagalog  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Tagalog people  

History

Origin
14th century  
1593  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Filipino  

Language Position
40  
37
58  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Tagalog  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
t1  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
tgl  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
tgl  

ISO 639 3
mai  
tg1  

ISO 639 6
mai  
tgl  

Glottocode
mait1250  
taga1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CKA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Maithili and Tagalog Speaking population

Maithili and Tagalog speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Tagalog languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Tagalog Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 %. 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 Tagalog on Maithili vs Tagalog where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Tagalog Language Codes

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

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