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Malaysian vs Maithili


Maithili vs Malaysian


Countries

Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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  
-  

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  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
24  
14
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bengkulu  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Pekal  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
North India  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Musi  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
24  
20
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
175.00 million  
10
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
15
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
98.00 million  
8
2.80 million  
99+

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  

History

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
54  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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Malaysian and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Malaysian vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Malaysian and Maithili language. History of Malaysian language states that this language originated in c. 683 AD whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. 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 Malaysian and Maithili Language History.

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

Malaysian vs Maithili Difficulty

The Malaysian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Maithili 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 Malaysian and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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