Countries
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Nepal
Iran
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
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Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
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.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
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Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4734
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
88
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2226
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Devanagari
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
pranam
Salam
Thank You
dhanyabad
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
chone tao?
Good Night
Śubharātri
jawáin shap
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
jawáin sawáh
Please
kripaya
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
maf karai
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
Alavidā
bye
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
kripaya
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Nepal
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
North India
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
153
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Baluchi
French Name
maithili
baloutchi
German Name
Maithili
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
14th century
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Balochi
Language Position
4039
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
bal
ISO 639 2/B
mai
bal
ISO 639 3
mai
bal
ISO 639 6
mai
bal
Glottocode
mait1250
balo1260
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-