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Maithili vs Dzongkha


Dzongkha vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Bhutan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Bhutan  

Second Language
Nepal  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India  

Regulated By
-  
Dzongkha Development Commission  

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.
  
  • Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Sikkimese Language  

Derived From
-  
Tibetan Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
47  
27
95  
39

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
30  
20

Scripts
Devanagari  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
38 weeks  
14

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Kuzoozangpo La  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Kaadinchhey La  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
lek shom ay zim  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
ཞི་བདེ་ལག་པ་  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
ཉིན་གུང་དགའ་བོ  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
ཞི་བདེ་པའི་སྔོན་འགྲུལ  

Please
kripaya  
བསྐྱར་མ་  

Sorry
maf karai  
Tsip maza  

Bye
Alavidā  
Log Jay Gay  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Nga cheu lu ga  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Tsip maza  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Laya  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
1,100.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Lunana  

Where They Speak
North India  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
700.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Adap  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Bhutan  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
130,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
0.64 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
0.17 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
0.47 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar  

French Name
maithili  
dzongkha  

German Name
Maithili  
Dzongkha  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[t͡ɕoŋkʰa]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Ngalop people  

History

Origin
14th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
Tibeto-Burman  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Dzongkha  

Language Position
40  
37
31  
29

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Dzongkha  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
dz  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
dzo  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
dzo  

ISO 639 3
mai  
dzo  

ISO 639 6
mai  
dzo  

Glottocode
mait1250  
nucl1307  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Maithili and Dzongkha Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Dzongkha language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Dzongkha language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Dzongkha language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maithili and Dzongkha Language History.

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Maithili and Dzongkha Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maithili and Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Dzongkha language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maithili vs Dzongkha Difficulty

The Maithili vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Dzongkha Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maithili and Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is 38 weeks.

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