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Maithili vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Nepal  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
-  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Malay language  

Derived From
-  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
22  
12
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
36 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Halo  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
kripaya  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
maf karai  
maaf  

Bye
Alavidā  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
38,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
North India  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
3,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
6,000,000.00  
34

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
46  
30

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
163.00 million  
11

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
1.16 %  
15

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
maithili  
indonésien  

German Name
Maithili  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[bahaˈsa indoneˈsia]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
14th century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indonesian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Indonesian  

Language Position
40  
37
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
ind  

ISO 639 3
mai  
ind  

ISO 639 6
mai  
ind  

Glottocode
mait1250  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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Maithili and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Indonesian language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Maithili vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Maithili vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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