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Maithili
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Maithili Language

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Countries

Countries

India, Nepal

Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

India, Nepal

Second Language

Nepal

Speaking Continents

Asia

Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

-

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.

Similar To

Bhojpuri Language

Derived From

-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

47
Rank: 27 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

22
Rank: 12 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Devanagari

Writing Direction

-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

pranam

Thank You

dhanyabad

How Are You?

Aahan kehan chhi ?

Good Night

Śubharātri

Good Evening

shubh sandhya

Good Afternoon

dopahar ke bad namaskar

Good Morning

Suprabhaat

Please

kripaya

Sorry

maf karai

Bye

Alavidā

I Love You

hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi

Excuse Me

kripaya

Dialects

Dialect 1

Tharuwat

Where They Speak

Nepal

How Many People Speak

35,000,000.00
Rank: 21 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Madhubani

Where They Speak

North India

How Many People Speak

35,000,000.00
Rank: 19 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Khortha

Where They Speak

Deoghar, France

How Many People Speak

35,000,000.00
Rank: 17 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

15
Rank: 14 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

32.00 million
Rank: 35 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.41 %
Rank: 35 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

27.00 million
Rank: 30 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

2.80 million
Rank: 55 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)

Alternative Names

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

French Name

maithili

German Name

Maithili

Pronunciation

[ˈmaitʰili]

Ethnicity

Maithil

History

Origin

14th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Maithili

Language Position

40
Rank: 37 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Maithili Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

mai

ISO 639 2/B

mai

ISO 639 3

mai

ISO 639 6

mai

Glottocode

mait1250

Linguasphere

No data available

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-

Language Morphological Typology

-

Origin of Maithili language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Maithili language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Maithili language states that it was put to use in 14th century. The history of Maithili language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Maithili Language History. Maithili has no early forms. Standard Maithili is the standard form of Maithili language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Maithili Language.

Maithili population

Maithili population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Maithili language. Maithili language is spoken by 32.00 million people in the world. Most of the Maithili population lies in the Maithili Speaking Countries. Maithili language is spoken as first language by 27.00 million people and as second language by about 2.80 million people. Get to know Maithili speaking population in detail.

Maithili writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Maithili writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Maithili language. Some languages share common writing systems. Devanagari script is used by Maithili language. Learn more about . 

Information about Maithili language

Check out all the information about Maithili language here. You may find it interesting to learn Maithili Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Maithili Speaking Countries, Maithili speaking continents and Maithili Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Maithili countries knowing common Maithili Greetings will help you in communicating with Maithili people.