Countries
India, Nepal
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
India, Nepal
Andra Pradesh, India
Second Language
Nepal
Karnataka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
Regulated By
-
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Tamil
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4760
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
819
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2241
9
60
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Scripts
Devanagari
Telugu Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
pranam
హలో (Halō)
Thank You
dhanyabad
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
Please
kripaya
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
Sorry
maf karai
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
Bye
Alavidā
బై (Bai)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
Excuse Me
kripaya
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Waddar
Where They Speak
Nepal
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00170,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Madhubani
Chenchu
Where They Speak
North India
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0026,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Manna-Dora
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
35,000,000.0030,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
1538
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
32.00 million80.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.41 %1.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
27.00 million75.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million5.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
తెలుగు (telugu)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
French Name
maithili
télougou
German Name
Maithili
Telugu-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[ˈteluɡu]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Telugu people
Origin
14th century
c. 575
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Early Telugu epigraphy
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Telugu
Language Position
4015
1
120
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Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Signed Telugu
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
te
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
tel
ISO 639 2/B
mai
tel
ISO 639 3
mai
tel
ISO 639 6
mai
tel
Glottocode
mait1250
telu1262
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
-
-