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Maithili vs Kashmiri


Kashmiri vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

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
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Hindi and Urdu Languages  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
44  
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
17  
14

How Many Consonants
22  
12
27  
17

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script  

Writing Direction
-  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Assalām ‘alaikum  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
سہا مسا  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Hach t'ochoktiya  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Hach ch'i  

Please
kripaya  
مهربانی کر  

Sorry
maf karai  
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)  

Bye
Alavidā  
Khuda hāfiz  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
be chus che seth mohabat karaan  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Kashtawari  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Poguli  

Where They Speak
North India  
Pogul and Paristan valleys  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
6,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Rambani  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
India  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
5,600,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
5.42 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
कॉशुर / كٲشُر  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur  

French Name
maithili  
kashmiri  

German Name
Maithili  
Kaschmiri  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[kəːʃur]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Kashmiris or koshur  

History

Origin
14th century  
12th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Kashmiri  

Language Position
40  
37
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ks  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
kas  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
kas  

ISO 639 3
mai  
kas  

ISO 639 6
mai  
kas  

Glottocode
mait1250  
kash1277  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Maithili and Kashmiri Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Kashmiri language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Kashmiri language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th 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 Kashmiri Language History.

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

Maithili vs Kashmiri Difficulty

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

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