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Maithili vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Philippines  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
-  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
kripaya  
mangngegda  

Sorry
maf karai  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
Alavidā  
Pakada  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Philippines  

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

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
North India  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
2  
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
ilokano  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
maithili  
ilocano  

German Name
Maithili  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
14th century  
18th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
40  
37
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
mai  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
mai  
ilo  

Glottocode
mait1250  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Maithili and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Ilocano language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Maithili vs Ilocano Difficulty

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

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