Countries
India, Nepal
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
India, Nepal
Indonesia
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
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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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
4733
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
85
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2216
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Latin, Sundanese
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks40 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
pranam
Halo
Thank You
dhanyabad
Nuhun
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
Śubharātri
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
Wilujeng énjing
Please
kripaya
Mangga
Sorry
maf karai
Hapunten
Bye
Alavidā
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
kripaya
Punten
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Nepal
Banten
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
North India
Bogor
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Khortha
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Bandung
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
156
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.41 %0.57 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million39.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
maithili
soundanais
German Name
Maithili
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
14th century
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Indonesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Sundanese
Language Position
4042
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
sun
ISO 639 2/B
mai
sun
ISO 639 3
mai
sun
ISO 639 6
mai
sun
Glottocode
mait1250
sund1251
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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