Countries
India, Nepal
India, No official status
Total No. Of Countries
20
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
India
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Maithili and Magahi
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4743
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
811
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2234
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
प्रणाम (prannam)
Thank You
dhanyabad
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
राम राम (raam raam)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
राम राम (raam raam)
Please
kripaya
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
Sorry
maf karai
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Bye
Alavidā
प्रणाम (prannam)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
Excuse Me
kripaya
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Caribbean Hindustani
Where They Speak
Nepal
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0016,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Fiji Hindi
Where They Speak
North India
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00380,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
Tharu Bhojpuri
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
India
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0038,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1513
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million40.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.43 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million40.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million38.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
French Name
maithili
bhojpuri
German Name
Maithili
Bhojpuri
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
Ethnicity
Maithil
Bhojpuri speakers
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
Bhojpuri
Language Position
4037
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Bhojpuri Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
bho
ISO 639 2/B
mai
bho
ISO 639 3
mai
bho
ISO 639 6
mai
bho
Glottocode
mait1250
bhoj1246
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-