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Maithili Language

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1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
Spanish
2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
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1.3 National Language
India, Nepal
1.4 Second Language
Nepal
1.5 Speaking Continents
Asia
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
1.8 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.
1.9 Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
Tamil
47
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Irish
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2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
Thai
8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Hebrew
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2.3.2 How Many Consonants
Hmong
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
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2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
Armenian
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bengali
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2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
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3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
pranam
3.2 Thank You
dhanyabad
3.3 How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
3.4 Good Night
Śubharātri
3.5 Good Evening
shubh sandhya
3.6 Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
3.7 Good Morning
Suprabhaat
3.8 Please
kripaya
3.9 Sorry
maf karai
3.10 Bye
Alavidā
3.11 I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
3.12 Excuse Me
kripaya
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Tharuwat
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
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4.2 Dialect 2
Madhubani
4.2.1 Where They Speak
North India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
Chinese
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
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4.3 Dialect 3
Khortha
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
Swedish
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
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4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
English
15
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Sanskrit
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5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
English
32.00 million
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.2 Speaking Population
Croatian
0.41 %
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Xhosa
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5.3 Native Speakers
Chinese
27.00 million
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Abkhaz
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5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
English
2.80 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Finnish
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5.3.2 Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
5.3.4 French Name
maithili
5.3.5 German Name
Maithili
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
5.5 Ethnicity
Maithil
6 History
6.1 Origin
14th century
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
6.3.3 Language Position
Georgian
40
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Chinese
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6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
6.4 Scope
Individual
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
mai
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
mai
7.3 ISO 639 3
mai
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
mait1250
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
Living
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available

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.