Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
India, Nepal
Second Language
Indonesia
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Thailand
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
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Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Tamil Language
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2647
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
68
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2422
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
66
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
pranam
Thank You
terima kasih
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
Suprabhaat
Please
sila
kripaya
Sorry
maaf
maf karai
Bye
Selamat tinggal
Alavidā
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
kripaya
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Nepal
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Indonesia
North India
How Many People Speak
30,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Khortha
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
2415
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
1.16 %0.41 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
77.00 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Bahasa melayu
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
malais
maithili
German Name
Malaiisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Maithil
Origin
c. 683 AD
14th century
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Maithili
Language Position
5440
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
mai
ISO 639 2/B
may
mai
ISO 639 3
zsm
mai
ISO 639 6
may
mai
Glottocode
stan1306
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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