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Maithili Language



Countries

Countries
India, Nepal

Total No. Of Countries
2 13

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
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Alphabets
47 27

Phonology

How Many Vowels
8 5

How Many Consonants
22 12

Scripts
Devanagari

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

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 21

Dialect 2
Madhubani

Where They Speak
North India

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00 19

Dialect 3
Khortha

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00 17

Total No. Of Dialects
15 14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million 35

Speaking Population
0.41 % 35

Native Speakers
27.00 million 30

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million 55

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 37

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
-

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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.

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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.

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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

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