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Maithili vs Filipino


Filipino vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Second Language
Nepal  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino  

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.
  
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Tagalog Language  

Derived From
-  
Spanish Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
23  
13

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Kumusta  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Kumusta  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
magandang gabi  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Magandang gabi  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Magandang hapon  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Magandang umaga  

Please
kripaya  
Mangyaring  

Sorry
maf karai  
pinagsisisihan  

Bye
Alavidā  
Paalam  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Mahal kita  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
patawarin ninyo ako  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Bikol  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
100,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Hiligaynon  

Where They Speak
North India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
8,200,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Waray  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
2,600,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
90.00 million  
17

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
1.74 %  
11

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
45.00 million  
23

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
45.00 million  
19

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
filipino  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Pilipino  

French Name
maithili  
filipino; pilipino  

German Name
Maithili  
Pilipino  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Filipino people  

History

Origin
14th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Filipino  

Language Position
40  
37
34  
32

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Filipino Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No Data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
fil  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
fil  

ISO 639 3
mai  
fil  

ISO 639 6
mai  
fil  

Glottocode
mait1250  
fili1244  

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 Filipino Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Filipino language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Filipino language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Filipino language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Filipino Language History.

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Maithili and Filipino 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 Filipino greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Filipino language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Filipino word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Filipino Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maithili vs Filipino Difficulty

The Maithili vs Filipino difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Filipino 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 Filipino are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Filipino, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is 44 weeks while to learn Filipino time required is 44 weeks.

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