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Maithili vs Urdu


Urdu vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Nepal   
Pakistan   

Second Language
Nepal   
Pakistan   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan   

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.
  
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Arabic and Hindi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Ghaznavid Persian Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
40   
29

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
خوش آمديد   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
آپ کا شکریہ   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
آپ کیسے ہیں؟   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
گڈ نائٹ   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
سلام علیکم   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
گڈ آفٹر نون   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
گڈ مارننگ   

Please
kripaya   
براہ مہربانی   

Sorry
maf karai   
معاف کرنا   

Bye
Alavidā   
الوداع   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
مجھے تم سے محبت   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
معاف کیجئے گا   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Dakhini   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Hyderabadi Urdu   

Where They Speak
North India   
India   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Rekhta   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
South Asia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
104.00 million   
15

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
61.00 million   
19

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
43.00 million   
14

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
اُردُو   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Bihari   

French Name
maithili   
ourdou   

German Name
Maithili   
Urdu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈʊrd̪u]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14th century   
12th Century CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Modern Standard Urdu   

Language Position
40   
31
20   
18

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Urdu   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ur   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
urd   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
urd   

ISO 639 3
mai   
urd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
urdu1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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Maithili and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Urdu language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Maithili vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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