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Marwari and Maithili


Maithili and Marwari


Countries

Countries
Rajastan, India  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Rajastan, India  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Nepal, Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Marwari language was historically written in Mahajani, which is version of the Landa script.
  • Marwari language is written in Arabic Alphabets in Pakistan.
  
  • 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
Gujarati, Haryanvi, Hindi and Punjabi Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Gujarati Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
42  
22
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
22  
12

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
khammaghani  
pranam  

Thank You
dhanyavaad  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Kikan ho sa?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
shubh raatri  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Shubh Honjh  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Shubh Befar  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Shubh Havar  
Suprabhaat  

Please
kirpa  
kripaya  

Sorry
Maaf Karo  
maf karai  

Bye
bye  
Alavidā  

I Love You
main tanne pyaar karoon  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
maaf karo  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jogi  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
India  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
33
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Bagri  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
India  
North India  

How Many People Speak
14,000,000.00  
31
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Dhundhari  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
India  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
22.00 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.21 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
14.00 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Marwari  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Marvadi, Marvari, Marwadi, Rajasthani  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
marvari  
maithili  

German Name
Marwari  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[məˈrwɑːɾi]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Marwari or Marwadi  
Maithil  

History

Origin
16  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marwari  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
72  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mwr  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
mwr  
mai  

ISO 639 3
mwr  
mai  

ISO 639 6
mwr  
mai  

Glottocode
raja1256  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Marwari and Maithili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Marwari and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Marwari and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marwari are spoken in different Marwari Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marwari vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marwari dialects include: Jogi, Bagri. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Marwari and Maithili Speaking population

Marwari and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marwari and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Marwari and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marwari language is 0.21 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Marwari and Maithili on Marwari vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marwari and Maithili Language Codes

Marwari and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marwari and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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