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Tagalog and Maithili


Maithili and Tagalog


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Philippines  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Filipinos  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee  
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Interesting Facts
  • In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
  • The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
  • 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
22  
12

Scripts
Baybayin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kamusta  
pranam  

Thank You
Salamat po  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Magandang gabi  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Magandang gabi po  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Magandang umaga po  
Suprabhaat  

Please
pakiusap  
kripaya  

Sorry
pinagsisisihan  
maf karai  

Bye
Paálam  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Iniibig kita  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
24
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Bisalog  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
North India  

How Many People Speak
28,000,000.00  
22
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Filipino  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
90,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
73.00 million  
24
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million  
19
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Tagalog  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

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

French Name
tagalog  
maithili  

German Name
Tagalog  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Tagalog people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
1593  
14th century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Filipino  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
58  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Tagalog  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
t1  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tgl  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
tgl  
mai  

ISO 639 3
tg1  
mai  

ISO 639 6
tgl  
mai  

Glottocode
taga1269  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
31-CKA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object  
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Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Tagalog and Maithili Speaking population

Tagalog and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Tagalog and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Tagalog and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Tagalog language is 0.42 % 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 Tagalog and Maithili on Tagalog vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Tagalog and Maithili Language Codes

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

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