Countries
India, Nepal
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
North Korea, South Korea
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
-
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4740
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
821
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2219
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Hangul
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
dhanyabad
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
kripaya
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
maf karai
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
Alavidā
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
kripaya
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Jeju
Where They Speak
Nepal
South Korea
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
North India
South Korea
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1512
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million77.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
maithili
coréen
German Name
Maithili
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Koreans
Origin
14th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
4012
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
kor
ISO 639 2/B
mai
kor
ISO 639 3
mai
Kor
ISO 639 6
mai
kor
Glottocode
mait1250
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative