Countries
India, Nepal
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
India
Second Language
Nepal
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
-
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4752
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
816
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2236
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
dhanyabad
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
kripaya
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
maf karai
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
Alavidā
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
kripaya
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Nepal
Kokan
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Varhadi
Where They Speak
North India
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1542
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million68.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million3.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
maithili
marathe
German Name
Maithili
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Marathi people
Origin
14th century
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Marathi
Language Position
4017
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
mar
ISO 639 2/B
mai
mar
ISO 639 3
mai
mar
ISO 639 6
mai
mar
Glottocode
mait1250
mara1378
Linguasphere
No data available
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-