Countries
India, Nepal
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Nepal
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4749
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
814
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2235
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
dhanyabad
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
kripaya
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
maf karai
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
Alavidā
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
kripaya
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Badaga
Where They Speak
Nepal
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Urali
Where They Speak
North India
kerala
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1520
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million49.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
maithili
kannada
German Name
Maithili
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Kannadiga
Origin
14th century
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Modern Kannada
Language Position
4031
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
kan
ISO 639 2/B
mai
kan
ISO 639 3
mai
kan
ISO 639 6
mai
kan
Glottocode
mait1250
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-