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Maithili vs Mongolian


Mongolian vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
China, Mongolia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Nepal  
China, Mongolia  

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
-  
Council for Language and Literature Work, State Language Council (Mongolia)  

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.
  
  • Mongolian was first written using Phagspa script in late 13th century.
  • There is no connection between Mongolian, Japanese and Korean, but still in terms of grammar and sentence structure they are very similar.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Turkish Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
35  
17

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
13  
10

How Many Consonants
22  
12
20  
10

Scripts
Devanagari  
Mongolian alphabets: Traditional Mongolian script  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Сайн уу (Sain uu)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Юу байна? (Yuu baina?)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Сайн шөнийн (Sain shöniin)  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Сайн үдэш (Sain üdesh)  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Сайн Үдээс хойш (Sain Üdees khoish)  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Өглөөний мэнд (Öglöönii mend)  

Please
kripaya  
Хэрэв (Kherev)  

Sorry
maf karai  
Уучлаарай (Uuchlaarai)  

Bye
Alavidā  
Баяртай (Bayartai)  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Би чамд хайртай (Bi chamd khairtai)  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Өршөөгөөрэй (Örshöögöörei)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Khalkha Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Mongolia  

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

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Ordos Mongolian  

Where They Speak
North India  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
123,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Khorchin Mongolian  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Mongolia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
5,700,000.00  
35

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
5.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
монгол (mongol) монгол хэл (mongol hêl)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Khalkha, Buryat, Oirat  

French Name
maithili  
mongol  

German Name
Maithili  
Mongolisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
/mɔŋɢɔ̆ɮ xiɮ/  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Mongols  

History

Origin
14th century  
1224-1225  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Mongolic family  

Subgroup
-  
Mongolian  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Middle Mongolian, Classical Mongolian, Mongolian  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Khalkha, Southern Mongolian  

Language Position
40  
37
26  
24

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Mongolian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
mn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
mon  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
mon  

ISO 639 3
mai  
mon  

ISO 639 6
mai  
mon  

Glottocode
mait1250  
mong1331  

Linguasphere
No data available  
part of 44-BAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Maithili and Mongolian Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Mongolian language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Mongolian language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Mongolian language states that this language originated in 1224-1225. 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 Mongolian Language History.

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Maithili and Mongolian 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 Mongolian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Mongolian language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Mongolian word for "Thank You" is та бүхэнд баярлалаа (ta bükhend bayarlalaa). Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Mongolian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maithili vs Mongolian Difficulty

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

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