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Maithili and Ukrainian


Ukrainian and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Ukraine  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia  

Regulated By
-  
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language  

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.
  
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Russian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
22  
12

Scripts
Devanagari  
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Дякую (Dyakuyu)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
На добраніч (Na dobranič)  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)  

Please
kripaya  
будь ласк  

Sorry
maf karai  
вибачте (vybachte)  

Bye
Alavidā  
до побачення (do pobachennya)  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Podillian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
42,000,000.00  
17

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Volynian  

Where They Speak
North India  
Rivne, Volyn  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
44,000,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Steppe  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
42,000,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
39.00 million  
32

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.46 %  
32

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
39.00 million  
25

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Ukrayins'ka Mova  

French Name
maithili  
ukrainien  

German Name
Maithili  
Ukrainisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Ukrainians  

History

Origin
14th century  
1561  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Modern Ukrainian  

Language Position
40  
37
26  
24

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Ukrainian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
uk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
ukr  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
ukr  

ISO 639 3
mai  
ukr  

ISO 639 6
mai  
ukr  

Glottocode
mait1250  
ukra1253  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Maithili and Ukrainian Speaking population

Maithili and Ukrainian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Ukrainian languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Ukrainian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 %. 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 Ukrainian on Maithili vs Ukrainian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Ukrainian Language Codes

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

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