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Serbian and Maithili


Maithili and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
22  
12

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
pranam  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
kripaya  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
maf karai  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
North India  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

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

French Name
serbe  
maithili  

German Name
Serbisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Maithil  

History

Origin
11th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
44  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
mai  

ISO 639 3
srp  
mai  

ISO 639 6
srp  
mai  

Glottocode
serb1264  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Serbian 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 Serbian and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Maithili Speaking population

Serbian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % 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 Serbian and Maithili on Serbian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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