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Maithili and Urdu


Urdu and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Nepal  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Nepal  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
-  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
22  
12
40  
29

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
kripaya  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
maf karai  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
Alavidā  
الوداع  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Dakhini  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

Where They Speak
North India  
India  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
69,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
69,000,000.00  
11

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.99 %  
21

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
43.00 million  
20

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
اُردُو  

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

French Name
maithili  
ourdou  

German Name
Maithili  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Urdu-speaking people  

History

Origin
14th century  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
40  
37
20  
18

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Urdu  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
urd  

ISO 639 3
mai  
urd  

ISO 639 6
mai  
urd  

Glottocode
mait1250  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Maithili and Urdu Speaking population

Maithili and Urdu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Urdu languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Urdu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 %. 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 Urdu on Maithili vs Urdu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Urdu Language Codes

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

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