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Maithili vs Madurese


Madurese vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
India, Nepal   
Indonesia, Island of Madura   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Malay and Javanese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Halo   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
kripaya   
Not Available   

Sorry
maf karai   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
Alavidā   
Not Available   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Kangean   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
110,000.00   
40

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Bawean   

Where They Speak
North India   
Indonesia   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Bangkalan   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.23 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Madurese   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   

French Name
maithili   
madourais   

German Name
Maithili   
Maduresisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Madurese   

History

Origin
14th century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Madurese   

Language Position
40   
31
69   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
mad   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
mad   

ISO 639 3
mai   
mad   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
madu1247   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Maithili and Madurese Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Madurese language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Madurese language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Madurese language states that this language originated in Not Available. 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 Madurese Language History.

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

Maithili vs Madurese Difficulty

The Maithili vs Madurese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Madurese 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 Madurese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Madurese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Madurese time required is 44 weeks.

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